{"id":6367,"date":"2017-08-15T14:56:49","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T18:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=6367"},"modified":"2017-08-30T15:56:52","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T19:56:52","slug":"august-14-day-45-little-falls-to-sylvan-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=6367","title":{"rendered":"August 14 – Day 45 – Little Falls to Sylvan Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAug 14 – Sylvan Beach, NY<\/p>\n

We left Little Falls at 7:30am this morning headed for a series of 5 locks – 3 lifting us up & the final 2 lowering us down.<\/p>\n

I have 2 chartplotters running on the flybridge at all times. My main source of info is from Tiki Navigator which is installed on my laptop & the 2nd unit is a marine Garmin unit. Both systems are good but I have learned to trust Tiki more than the Garmin.<\/p>\n

The photo below of the screen on the Garmin shows me running over land …. not a good idea on a boat …. talk about running aground!<\/p>\n

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A few miles later we were in the canal running parallel to the Mohawk River – which is not navigable in this area.<\/p>\n

Tiki shows our location….<\/p>\n

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Garmin (at the same time) – in the other channel!<\/p>\n

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Tiki wins first prize for accuracy!<\/p>\n

On our route today we encountered a few work crews dredging the canal.<\/p>\n

It was interesting to see them doing their thing….<\/p>\n

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In one location a bottom dredger was sucking mud out of the bottom of the canal & pumping it over the bank of the canal into settling ponds\/spoil areas & in other areas excavators were loading the muck into barges because there were no spoil areas close enough nearby for pumping.<\/p>\n

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Tugs were taking full barges away and bringing empty ones to fill.<\/p>\n

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Good to see these people at work ’cause that means we have much less chance of running aground!<\/p>\n

It was a beautiful day to travel on the canal… next to no wind & sunny, but not excessively hot. Our trip on the canal today reminded us a lot of our narrowboat adventure last fall in England.<\/p>\n

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We are now tied up on a canal wall at the end of Lake Oneida. We will travel 20 miles to the other end of the lake tomorrow morning & enter back into the Erie Canal System. The screenshot below shows our location relative to Lake Ontario, Toronto, etc.<\/p>\n

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Tomorrow (Tuesday) is a big decision day for us. After we leave Lake Oneida we have to choose between going on to Oswego, NY & into Lake Ontario or to continue in the Erie Canal system to Buffalo & then into Lake Erie. Each route has its advantages & disadvantages.<\/p>\n

Check back tomorrow to find out which way we will go – we don’t even know ourselves yet!<\/p>\n

Cheers!<\/p>\n

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