Category: Erie Canal
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Hudson River to New Jersey
(Originally published in 2012) The Hudson River Having just finished our transit of the Erie Canal, we were once again embarking on another new adventure. Here we were in the Hudson River, still 200 miles upstream from New York Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean, yet suddenly we were presented with a five foot tidal…
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New York Harbor to Chesapeake Bay
(Originally published in 2012) New York Harbor to the Chesapeake After anchoring inside the hook at Sandy Hook where we reminisced over our trip down from the Great Lakes to New York Harbor, we left the protection of Sandy Hook only to find ourselves motoring through a fogbank. This sensation was new to us and…
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The Hudson River – South from the Erie Canal
(Originally published in 2012) The Hudson River – Erie Canal to the Atlantic Having just finished our transit of the Erie Canal, we were once again embarking on another new adventure. Here we were in the Hudson River, still 200 miles upstream from New York Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean, yet suddenly we were…
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Erie Canal – Part 1
(Originally published in 2012) The Erie Canal – Part 1 Getting started One of the most pleasant cruises we ever undertook was our trip on the Erie Canal. It was one of those “steps” we took in the long series of steps toward getting down to our Caribbean destination. At the time, we…
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Erie Canal – Part 2
(Originally published in 2012) The Erie Canal – Part2 Our Erie Canal Passage We left Tonawanda in the midafternoon after we got the mast tied down, the booms hung up, the awning back in place and everything was shipshape, and we headed up the river for the canal. We were looking forward with no…
