Sea No Evil Travels

Rising early to a beautiful day with light winds. We set up for Lock 16 in attempt to be 1st boat through the locks. . The lock walls have been pretty full so we decided to look at Little Falls wall on our way by and if was full we Continue Reading

After a rainy night it was time to move forward. We did not have a final destination but we would head out early for lock 11 and were joined by “Bodensee”.  We traveled through five locks with very light traffic. The sky cleared and it turned into a beautiful day. Continue Reading

After a rainy night in Scotia it was time to move on and we made a run for Amsterdam. The weather was fair with a little rain and light winds. After passing through three uneventful locks, we arrived at the Riverlink Park in Amsterdam and laid up on the wall. Continue Reading

After a few great days in Waterford it was time to say goodbye to “Puffin” move forward on the Erie Canal. The night before we had a captain’s meeting about departure times. We stated our intention to go through the 1st opening. We got up early and idled in the Continue Reading

After a couple days in Albany it was time to move forward to the beginning of the Erie canal and stay a few nights at the wall before Lock E2 which is the first lock on the Erie Canal in Waterford, NY. Heading north we passed Albany, through Troy and Continue Reading

After a great stay at Shady Harbor Marina it was time to move forward. We pushed off under windy conditions and rain and a rising tide. We were only traveling 13 miles to the Albany Yacht club for a 2 night stay so we were not in any rush to Continue Reading

We got up early to run to Shady Harbor as suggested by the dockmaster to arrive early for a busy day and our slip was empty. The tide was high and our power cord was inched from the water level so I had to trod through the submerged dock ramp Continue Reading

We woke up to an incredible amount of smoke still lingering from the wildfires in Canada.  We headed out of the creek and headed north for a short twenty mile journey to Catskill, NY for a night at the Hop-O-Nose Marina in the Catskill Creek. Catskill, NY was first settled Continue Reading

As expected we woke up to high winds out of the north and showers expected but with a wind off the bow I was confident in a safe run so it was time to toss off the lines and head out  to the pump out dock then across the Hudson Continue Reading

We were early to rise for our run to the Statue of Liberty and up the Hudson River. We were met by “Yachts of Fun” to help each other with statue photo’s. We were also greeted by the smoke from the Canadien fires that has blanketed the east coast making Continue Reading