OtherGoose: Oct 28 Tuesday

Tuesday Oct 28.

It’s a buy morning at this corner. We are right in front of [or behind depending on which way you are going] Lock 2. W already watched a huge beautiful trawler come out of the lock and a work barge going up the canal. There is a yacht in front of us called “Classified”. The dining room table is set with china and crystal, and it’s only morning!! Haven’t seen anyone on it yet. Maybe it’s staged for sale!

There is a replica of the Onrust, a small Dutch boat originally built in 1610 to explore the rivers in the eastern states. It’s all wood and a lot of work!!! They have a mast they put up by hand that is the thickness of a telephone pole and it has keel boards that take three or four people to operate when they need to turn. Ugh.

We left the dock around noon. Rick had talked to the other boaters...we’ll let them sort themselves out. We got to the Troy City Dock and marina. There was no mast hoist and there was the Tiara “Solitude” and a great huge cruise ship sitting in the space. We couldn’t get to the fuel dock. So we kept going.

The trip down the river was uneventful except for the humungous boats passing us. Albany was the only city on the route. But there was no place for us to stop.

We were going to bypass Castleton because it was the old place where we lost one of the shrouds 10 years ago and Rick had to swim for it. But we stopped and it turned out great. Their mast hoist is remote controlled! And they still only charge $50.00! We got a break on the cost of gas thanks to our Boat US membership from Derek and Julie and we took the dock for the night. We had difficulty getting the mast set and we will have to shake it tomorrow to make it sit. Luckily one of the members of the boat club hung out to show us how to use the hoist and take our money, so he helped.

We finished as the sun went down. We went to the restaurant across the tracks, being careful to make sure the insane trains weren’t coming. I don’t think they have a speed restriction. And this track is the passenger train from NY city.

So tomorrow we will finish setting up the sails, do some maintenance and laundry and be on our way. We’ll let you know where we end up.