On Wednesday we moved our sailboat into the water. It was cool to see it getting moved into the water. There was a box shaped crane. It used big straps under the boat. The straps clamp together. A man drives the crane over to the water. Then they lower the boat down.

We started to motor the sailboat to our friend Howard's dock behind his house but we didn't get there til the next day. On the way we passed 2 lifting bridges and one swing bridge. We also went through 2 locks. A lock is something you motor. It has 2 doors, one at each end. One closes while the other one opens. If the water level is lower, the higher level that you're in will go down. If it is higher then the water will go into the locks and you will go up. The trip was fun, exciting, and adventurous. The weather was hot and sunburny.



Ben.