{"id":6343,"date":"2017-08-13T09:21:16","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T13:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=6343"},"modified":"2017-08-30T16:01:28","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T20:01:28","slug":"august-12-day-43-erie-canal-locks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=6343","title":{"rendered":"August 12 – Day 43 – Erie Canal Locks"},"content":{"rendered":"

42.9377\u00b0 N, 74.1904\u00b0 W<\/p>\n

Aug 12 – Amsterdam, NY<\/p>\n

We left Waterford at 7:00am Saturday morning. The first series of locks were immediately in front of us, so it was less than a 5 minute trip from the dock until we were inside the lock & ready to lift.<\/p>\n

There was another boat in front of us & they entered the lock at the same time.<\/p>\n

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The Waterford Flight includes a series of 5 locks that lifts (or lowers) boats a total of 169 feet in less than 2 miles. It is claimed the only series of locks in the world to accomplish this elevation change in such a short distance.<\/p>\n

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Catherine liked going through these locks because all we had to do was keep the boat steady while the lockmaster opened & closed the gates & filled the locks. This was pretty easy compared to all the work she had to do on the locks during our narrow boat canal trip in England last fall.<\/p>\n

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We went through a total of eight locks and covered about 38 nm distance. Each lock had a dam close by & once the boat reached its top elevation it was easy to appreciate how much we had risen.<\/p>\n

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We stopped for the night at a small marina along the river in Amsterdam. By the time we got secured the sky was clouding over heavily & it poured rain for about an hour.<\/p>\n

We introduced ourselves to the folks who were traveling in the trawler ahead of us all day. Kim & Judy are from Fort Myers FL & started an extended cruise this past April.<\/p>\n

Today we will go through several more locks that are spread out along the Mohawk River & try to get another 35-40 miles distance covered.<\/p>\n

Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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