Finally had a few minutes to upload some pics. These are from our last day travesing the 360-mile Erie Canal. Lisa is at the spectacular Lock 7, sunset over the Hudson in Waterford, NY.
We have enjoyed our stay in Waterford but are a bit anxious to get away. We've topped up water, fuel, groceries and Scott just walked a mile or so to the hardware store to get some parts for a variety of jobs on the boat. We've actually been quite busy.
One emerging priority is to re-vent the holding tank. The odour coming from the locker is distressingly bad - even worse than when we had a small leak last year around the sensor. We've torn the boat apart and realized that the vent hose runs the whole length of the boat, making it difficult to vent properly, it seems.
Scott is temporarily re-routing the venting hose to emerge out of our V-berth hatch to see if that helps. If it does, then the problem is solved. It's been nasty.
Unfortunately, we got our first stab at the vent on the transom (the back of the boat) wrongly identified and someone (maybe me) hosed some water to see if we could clear it out. It was the diesel engine vent, so Scott had to spend some time draining out the fuel with water in it. Sigh. He is also trying to fix a small leak around the water pump on the engine.
We have however enjoyed the big Farmer's Market here this morning and had fun walking around the downtown last night to see how many similar buildings there are to Waterford, Ontario.
Not sure, but think we might try to drive to Castleton-on-the-Hudson - it has a boat club where you can step the mast yourself for $60. There is a small flotilla of Canadian sailboats here and we all have the same idea and have agreed to help each other out. Some of the boats have made this trip before, one boat, Grand Cru, from Quebec City have done this twice already. Everyone is very helpful and supportive, making this stop even more memorable.
2 comments:
We love reading all your messages. What an adventure!!! I thought of you out on the water this past weekend. Luke tried to windsurf but it was just too wild to do much of anything. He got out in seconds but getting back was tough. Today is the first day for school. Elizabeth Ann and Aidan will have so much to share when they get back. All the best to you. I enjoyed reading Elizabeth Ann's blog too. The heat has been something else but this weekend it turned quite cool-a welcome change.Take care. Donna and Jeff
We started school here this morning as well. Aidan did French, history and geography combined in a lesson on Fort Stanwix then art.
Elizabeth did Language Arts, social studies, math and art.
I am starting to appreciate the need for prep time! We did some prep for our visit to NYC this week and the American Museum of Natural History. That should be fun.
We're trying to match up where we're going with their studies. Four hours straight of school today, a good start.
Thanks for the note. So good to hear from you. Hope Luke gets one more chance to surf at Long Point. Anything about the house????
Lisa
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