Mast up in the Catskill

When we left the Erie Canal, we thought we had finished the locks...surprise, surprise, one last lock and it was the federal  lock on the Hudson River. This was a tough lock to handle with no ropes or cables and only pipes spaced at 75 feet to hold on to. The current off the Hudson is fairly strong and we were so happy to leave to leave that lock behind.
Well we made it to Catskill in New York where we got our mast up. It’s been a brutal 2 days of hard work getting everything back together turning our boat back into a sailboat.
Yesterday while working on our boat, a big Catamaran was passing our boat and someone yelled “my dad built your boat” sure enough he and his dad came by later on....he did build our boat in 1979. What a treat and extraordinary experience to meet the man that put this boat together. What are the odds. A wonderful ending to a long day.



Tomorrow we leave for Kingston NY and hopefully buy a new dinghy to replace ours that ended in the garbage before leaving Canada. We really need one before coming to NY City at the end of the week.
To be continued......

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  1. MarieOctober 1, 2019 at 3:39 PM

    How exciting to meet Mr.Corban and have him come aboard your sailboat. I'm glad you have no more locks to go through so hopefully plain sailing from now on. keep up the blogs.

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