Day 5 - We woke
around 9:00 am after a much needed rest from out overnight canal passage. Sun
was shining, but it was very cool. Temps in the low 60's this morning. Several
boats were in the "Que" to transit the canal from Lake Ontario to
Lake Erie. They had themselves a long wait. We finally pulled off the dock this
morning at 11:15 and they were waiting for a freighter to enter the canal
before they could start. Sounds like our situation yesterday. We passed the
freighter on the way out onto Lake Ontario. We summized that by the time the
freighter got into the first lock and they would get to go, it would easily be
1:00 pm. Which means they won't finish until around 1:00 am tomorrow. Oh well,
the joys of boating...
Back to our trip. As I mentioned, we finally got ourselves up and moving around 9:00. It took a lot of coffee before Keith and I decided we really wanted to get moving. We did the usual engine room check and got the boat ready to head out after checking the weather. By 11:15 we finally got the boat off the dock and out onto Lake Ontario. The waves were exactly as projected; 2 to 4 feet with winds out of the northeast at 15kts. The first two hours were a bit bumpy, but not too bad. By about 2:00pm, the lake started to lay down and we settled into waves that were 2 to 3 feet.
We had a nice ride over to Oswego. We covered another 141 miles in 6 hours. We got a "water in fuel" alarm around 4:00pm. We were able to quickly go down into the engine room and remove about a cup of water from the starboard Racor. The whole thing only took us 5 minutes and we were back up and running. This engine room has great access and it was an easy fix.
Keith and I got the boat tied up in Oswego about 5:15 tonight and gave the boat a good cleaning before the owners arrived. Randy and his wife Denise arrived just after 6:00pm. They seemed very happy with their new boat. They stopped at WalMart and picked up all kinds of new things and goodies for the boat. They also brought a good friend, Mac, to join us for the trip as well, so we now have 5 people on board for the trip to NC.
We finished off the day with a few beers and some stories on the back of the boat before we headed out to dinner. We had a great meal along with some good fellowship before the sand ran out of the hour glass for me and my first mate. We are now back on board and the long day from the Welland Canal has finally caught up with us. It is off to bed. We will start the next chapter of our journey tomorrow. We will need to top off the fuel tanks when the marina opens at 7:00am. Then we will see what the boating Gods offer up to us tomorrow on the Erie Canal. Until then...
Back to our trip. As I mentioned, we finally got ourselves up and moving around 9:00. It took a lot of coffee before Keith and I decided we really wanted to get moving. We did the usual engine room check and got the boat ready to head out after checking the weather. By 11:15 we finally got the boat off the dock and out onto Lake Ontario. The waves were exactly as projected; 2 to 4 feet with winds out of the northeast at 15kts. The first two hours were a bit bumpy, but not too bad. By about 2:00pm, the lake started to lay down and we settled into waves that were 2 to 3 feet.
We had a nice ride over to Oswego. We covered another 141 miles in 6 hours. We got a "water in fuel" alarm around 4:00pm. We were able to quickly go down into the engine room and remove about a cup of water from the starboard Racor. The whole thing only took us 5 minutes and we were back up and running. This engine room has great access and it was an easy fix.
Keith and I got the boat tied up in Oswego about 5:15 tonight and gave the boat a good cleaning before the owners arrived. Randy and his wife Denise arrived just after 6:00pm. They seemed very happy with their new boat. They stopped at WalMart and picked up all kinds of new things and goodies for the boat. They also brought a good friend, Mac, to join us for the trip as well, so we now have 5 people on board for the trip to NC.
We finished off the day with a few beers and some stories on the back of the boat before we headed out to dinner. We had a great meal along with some good fellowship before the sand ran out of the hour glass for me and my first mate. We are now back on board and the long day from the Welland Canal has finally caught up with us. It is off to bed. We will start the next chapter of our journey tomorrow. We will need to top off the fuel tanks when the marina opens at 7:00am. Then we will see what the boating Gods offer up to us tomorrow on the Erie Canal. Until then...
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