Maggie/Richard
Tue Nov 9 17:16:58 EST 2010, Waterford, NY

Lock gates opening.

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Maggie/Richard
Tue Nov 9 12:00:00 EST 2010, Waterford, NY

The entrance to the first lock of the Erie Canal.

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Christina/Richard
Mon Nov 8 12:00:00 EST 2010, Waterford, NY

Issuma, with both masts down, approaches the first lock of the Erie Canal at Waterford.

I'm behind on the blog entries. Tugster wrote about the canal trip on Issuma here .

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Richard
Sun Nov 7 17:51:00 EST 2010, Upper Hudson River, NY

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Christina/Richard
Sun Nov 7 0:00:00 EDT 2010, Cementon, NY

The cement silos at Silver Point on Duck Cove, just upriver of Cementon.

We saw no sign of any ducks, but learned it is considered a good place to anchor by Tug 44

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Richard
Sat Nov 6 0:00:00 EDT 2010, Upper Hudson River, NY

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Richard
Fri Nov 5 8:56:29 EDT 2010, Upper Hudson River, NY

The view upriver, early in the morning.

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Gabriela/Richard
Thu Nov 4 15:59:29 EDT 2010, Catskill, NY

The pretty schooner Rosemary Ruth at anchor in placid Catskill Creek, just off the Hudson River.

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Richard/Maggie
Wed Nov 3 18:48:33 EDT 2010, Catskill, NY

Issuma is heading for the Erie Canal, which has low bridges, so the masts need to be taken down (unstepped) for the trip.

It is a big job to take down the masts (and an even bigger one to put them back up again). The ever-helpful Hop-O-Nose marina crew in picturesque Catskill Creek did most of the work (I helped), lifting the masts with their crane and building the wooden supports to hold them aboard.

In the picture, the mainmast is sitting on the dock, and the foremast is still stepped. All the stuff on deck normally is part of the rig (ie sails), or stored in the keel well (the keel has been lifted up to reduce the draft and drag).

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Richard
Wed Nov 3 14:43:09 EDT 2010, Upper Hudson River, NY

Mist rising off the water on a chilly morning.

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