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Hi Folks, Just some reflections on the fall Erie Canal Trip. Fuel. Although I filled my boat up at the Marina at Seneca Lake,my usual action is to fill up the tanks and spares just before launching. Fuel in New York was a buck less per gallon at the gas stations than the Marinas. Also I...

Hi Folks, I am an honorable person. I made a deal with these guys in Geneva and I will honor it. I don't even know if Dun's trailer would fit my boat. The hulls prior to 1986 were flat bottom with skegs. The ones after were rounded. if I bought another trailer it would be two axles just like...

Working on pictures. Fred

The 50 miles per hour had to do with the balance of the wheels and the tow vehicle. This time I went the speed limit and beyond. The rims got tired. If Dun's trailer is so good, why is he getting rid of it? Fred ps: Pictures of trailer coming shortly.

Hi Folks, As others have said, it was a great cruise. The people, friends, ports, boats, food, etc. made it a winner. Because of prior commitments, my cruise was a little different. I turned around at Spencerport and "speedily" returned to Seneca Lake stopping only at Newark for ane night, the...

Hi Folks, This is in a way a classic boat tale. If they had a Course in Boating Safety, and listened to their instructors, this would never had happen. 1. Listen and respect weather reports. If they had, they would never have started. 2. Good reason why people should wear life jackets. When...

El and Bill, Thanks for sharing with us again. I remember stopping off at Hadley's Harbor off Woods Hole when I took INN THE WATER to our first North East Get together in New Bedford Harbor. I stopped for about an hour. Hadley's Harbor is surrounded by rocks and woods and a few houses, being...

Hi Folks, I have a small Danforth which I use as a lunch hook and a second anchor stored in my cockpit. I coil the chain and line and drop it between the stock and flukes and lean it against the port side and aft seat, making sure the flukes will not hurt anybody falling in the cockpit. I...

Jim, Just an idea. I hate to part with my money to the telephone companies or anybody else when I don't have to. For wifi, use the "poor man's" wifi. Any day, especially on Sunday you can find kids on the internet sitting on benches out side the library. Most are talking with family and...

Jim, Nice job catching the S**t. Fred

Very Funny.

Jim and Joan, Just to give you an idea of how friendships are developed. Fred and Pat are good friends that I do not see often enough. Pat is one of my heros. The first time I met Fred we were walking through Seneca Falls which happens to be the home of Womens Rights. We were looking at a...

Jim and Joan, Palmyra is one of my choice spots. They have done a great job with the museums. Also had a great used bookstore.I had Terry buy an original Bowditch for $10.00. A bargan. According to CRUISING THE NORTHEAST CANALS AND RIVERS, Palmyra had no access to the Canal before the State of...

Fred, And the MAN FROM NANTUCKET hopes to share at least one meal with Fred and Pat. The beauty of the Erie Canal is that because we do not have to pay outrages docking fees we have money left for food. One place I loved was Fred's Rib House in Brockport. The Newark Dinner is a great...

Jim, I am going to the Erie Canal with the September group and I was reading about your adventures in Eating. Having had a stent put in last summer, I had better double up on my Simvastatin and Plavix if I am going to places you have mentioned. Not only is the Western end of the erie Canal a...

El and Bill, Much thanks for the trip news. In september we are going back to the Erie Canal. Dun is planning a turn around cruise so we don't have to get with the car shuffle. Good idea. You two will be missed, unless you can make it. Every time I watch "Fifteen Miles On The Erie Canal" I...

Hi Folks, What I have done is purchase a lock that fits over the ball. I put it on every time I leave the trailer unattached to the tow vehicle. When I attach the tow vehicle, I always use a padlock. It will never stop a pro, but it will slow down an novice. A couple of years ago, Rick from...

Hi Touring C-Brats, I am sorry that the problems of Medina have not been solved. When we went through there a few years ago with El and Bill, Terry, Dun and Becky, Rick and Carol and Dave (I hope i Didn't miss anybody ) I noticed a boat secured to the pier of Medina with a bunch of half...

Hi Folks, I have a 1983 22' C-Dory on Nantucket. I have no problems taking it off island. I usually pick the days when it is not to rough (like early in the morning) but I once took it from New Bedford to Nantucket in 25 knot winds. It was work. I hope to never do it again, but the boat...