Erie Canal Sailboat Part 7 - Episode 80 - Lady K Sailing

[@PaulGriffith]

I liked following the trip on Google Maps. A lot of small towns; a good way to see the USA.

[@suegoguen1720]

Just started watching your adventure. It would have been nice if you would have shown more of the towns along the canal. Would have made these episodes more entertaining and informative for new cruisers. Beautiful scenery, thank you for sharing.

[@snowbirdcruisers3553]

Echo other comments. Enjoying all your videos.

[@garysilver718]

I love the history

[@shday1]

Lol, awesome dialogue! "I coulda sailed up the coast, and gone like Nova Scotia kinda thing, but this is better" "Is it though?" "No, it's probably not"

[@johnbolongo9978]

I did the Erie Canal 40 yrs ago from Toronto to burmuda with my dad one summer. Great memory..and from there spent ten yrs in the Caribbean. It's addictive . Good stuff.

[@SootHead]

FWIW, I wasn't bored by the Erie, nor sick and tired of it. I enjoyed the series!

[@mikeh720]

You've seen more of my hometown in the last two years than I have! Lockport (#34&35) is a great stop too - Lake Effect Ice Cream right at the locks, north side.

[@moriver3857]

I can certainly relate to this series. Though not as long, I crossed the Okeechobee waterway (crosses FL from west to east) on my sailboat single handed over 7 locks with cool stops along the way. Driving and handling both ropes on the walls was interesting. Luckily, I did not have to drop the mast. Hope to, again, do the crossing westbound in the near future. Good show.

[@e3house22]

Great job editing. Thank you for not blasting music over your monologue. Keep up the great work love watching your episodes

[@southbaycentralny]

Thanks for visiting Oneida Lake !

[@Raya14]

Oh ! Keep going and finish the Loop.

[@SailingPauHana]

That was our friends on Tropical Dreamer; the sailboat that you passed at 9:22 (lock 30)😊. They spent the summer on the Erie Canal as a “powerboat”.

[@jasonsmith9388]

Subject: water maker, try thermal distillation. will work in a pinch. Same concept as in making moonshine. just boil sea water and then by capturing the steam in a cooling/condensing coil allowing it to drip into your water cans. Now you have just made fresh drinking water and sea salt that can be used to season food or salt cure meat. A simple still can be made easily for less then $100 depending on what you already have and what you need to buy. filter sea water before distillation if you plan on using the salt [ items like pot with locking lid, 4ft to 6ft of copper coil, and some fittings to attach the coil to the lid of the pot.A charcoal filter at the end of the system never hurts. just added precaution and improves taste of water. If your unsure that it will work test with tap water and table salt. you'll see that it works. Hope this helps someone Side note: if you can maintain 12vdc @ 30 amps with your electric system a hho generator can be used to power the still . The highly combustible fuel made from sea water by the hho generator can also be used for cooking and will also run a small 4 stroke engine. Like a gas power generator. An energy loop maintaining the battery bank while running the hho generator.

[@svrojax]

Really enjoyed the Erie Canal series. Hoping to do it soon. Great advice and tips. Thank you!

[@tomrut3653]

After learning about the locks from your videos when we were in Buffalo NY a few weeks ago we went to Lockport to see the locks and went to the museum, pretty cool, thanks for the trip.

[@bradbusch9585]

I enjoyed every bit of the canal it was a great way to see it well done

[@SailingPauHana]

When we came through, we stopped at Brockport. There was a police chance on a stolen armored car and the armored car crashed and over turned right behind the free wall. Money came out and was blowing around, but we didn’t get any because it happened right before we got there. #timingiseverything

[@jimfromri]

Very cool Tim. I’ve said it before but you really excel at weaving in a lot of useful information in with your story telling. Thanks for showing all the locks.

[@tedlabute2828]

Waited for the green light this time - leave them smiling !

[@markleyg]

I enjoyed your Erie series.

[@farmerdansurferjoe]

Excellent , thank you so much

[@srqlisa7881]

The locks are great most dont' get to ever see them, so keeping filming them it's relaxing. I also watch British narrowboat channels there great. : ) peace

[@arekkaniewski4442]

I liked these episodes. Good on ÿou for posting.

[@toecutter3591]

I plan on doing the great loop next year so these videos have been very helpful

[@hogroamer260]

Hey Tim, Dave from Palmyra here, of course I'm still watching! Sorry to have missed you this year. Busy this summer fixing the house but it's for sale now. There is a campground about a mile west of lock 30 in Macedon where we may spend some of our summers. Otherwise, we are living about 10 miles from Port Charlotte, so if you ever go the Mississippi route to the West coast of Florida, be glad to help you out again.

[@LadyKSailing]

Hey great to hear from you! Wish we coulda stopped. Cheers! See ya again some day

[@emerrilljr]

Great Series - Very informative and educational. THANKS

[@lawrencestark1944]

Cool video. Ive been up there to those town delivering for RCA a long time ago but not along the canal. Thats beautiful. Stay safe

[@etex45]

Enjoyed the Erie Canal trip thanks for the ride. Have a great week.

[@pepperjake44]

I really enjoyed this series. I tried catching up with you in Fairport. I didn’t realize the docks west of the bridge were also public docks. Sorry to have missed you. Happy that you made it back to your home port safely. Looking forward to see what your next adventure is.

[@vincentvega278]

Pretty cool stuff. Thanks for taking us for the ride Tim .

[@kathrynpye960]

This is great! Love all the info even though I probably will never use it, but it is interesting nevertheless

[@sailingavocet]

the more you know, amiright? Every time we film a vlog we try to pack valuable information into them, even if is useless knowledge haha!

[@arekkaniewski4442]

The Erie Canal is like a civilized icw

[@sailingavocet]

another great video Lady K!

[@myrenovationprojects]

Brockport would be a nice spot to stop. Its a college town. Its much nicer than Albion.

[@suep4530]

travelling lock operators!! that was interesting!

[@harrymurphey2634]

... I'm starting to look for a sailboat to retire on ... I've been thinking about a Great Lake boat ... freshwater, low use, and used sailboats seem to be priced cheaper. The problem is getting the boat back to the Chesapeake Bay were I'm based. You have shown me the Erie Canal ... very nice ... I would like to make that trip ...

[@LadyKSailing]

It's a lot of fun and yes, a lake boat isn;t a bad idea. Though they do tend to be smaller

[@TheFalconJetDriver]

And hardware is not as robust at keeping the salt water and air that you will in counter on the Chesapeake Bay! Me I am from Great Bridge on the ICW.😁🛫

[@jean-marcpaganowl8268]

I was curious about there was one less lock but discovered more. "The original Erie Canal had 83 locks. The canal was improved and the number of locks went down to 72 locks. The canal was improved again and now there are only 35 locks."

[@hansjensen7823]

Hey Tim- Question on lock etiquette- so no passing after the marker before the lock. Now loading into the lock, I see some boats will take a space closer to the rear of the lock, and then a later boat ‘passes them’ and takes a position up front. What is the order to leave the lock, the front running boats in order, or first in first out, or just whoever is ready first? Thanks!

[@LadyKSailing]

Hey yes it is unkind to stop at the back of the lock and if so, people should pass and get a spot up front. Front boat leaves first but some smaller runabout power boats will rush out and pass you. It's usually pretty good however. Sometimes we waved bigger cruisers to pass us just because we know they run a lot faster and would prefer to not get waked later lol

[@davidbrown2806]

I love it when you talk about costs along the way. What did it cost to use the canal ?

[@LadyKSailing]

hey thanks The Canal is free right now through 2021

[@martijamesn]

When going through the locks is there a better location... up front middle rear

[@lancesmith7235]

Are you going to be stopping in Ashtabulah as you travel lake Erie? I grew up in a town just west of there. Geneva-on-the Lake A summer time resort town on the lake. If you would, wave for me as you go by. I live in Tampa now.

[@erniefollis7827]

I gather any marinas on the system must be off on side channels. It must be difficult for marinas to attract paying transient boaters, as many locations seem to have free walls of some sort.

[@LadyKSailing]

I am not sure there really are any marinas except for cross and odeida lakes. Most towns have local boaters tied up on the walls. Fuel is few and far between as well.

[@fitzsfixes]

Hey, when was this? We live on Grand Island which is just across the river from tonawanda. We spent almost every weekend in the canal by Dockside. I wish I would have seen you. Would have been nice to buy you a beer and chat for a bit. Maybe next year we'll see you

[@chuckleber3484]

If you head into the Great Lakes via the St. Lawrence, can you leave your mast up?

[@jackrabbit5047]

"I've got a mule and her name is Sal, fifteen miles on the Eerie canal..."

[@fishheds]

She's a good ole worker, and a good ole pal

[@fishheds]

I hope the lock tenders get paid mileage

[@thaiger2go947]

why did you buy a sail boat?

[@Wearyman]

Argh! It kills me that you guys went RIGHT BY my house and because I wasn't hooked up to your Facebook page yet I didn't know it. I would have loved to have stopped by to bring you alcohol and hit a restaurant with you. Oh well.

[@sailingavocet]

what a bummer! Maybe they will come back??? ;)

[@LadyKSailing]

Next time for sure!!!

[@suzanneouimet6977]

Are you snd Candace back together?

[@ApolloDL4]

more of ye shipmates captain, more alan, more rj

[@williamshelton9688]

Why the pirate flag ?

[@georgehender910]

Never. Mention or give credit to your crew! Impossible to run locks without his help!

[@toddlucas1550]

Keep the camera rollin, cause I have yet to see anything even close to being boring.