January - September 2017. Up the coast, New York, the Erie Canal and Canada

We lingered in Marathon until April and then ended up having to abandon Hawks Chaannel for the inside route where its alarmingly shallow in many spots.  We took several months to make our way up up the coast through the Bay and finally into New York and the Erie Canal, one of Mary's "favorite" places.

We ended up staying at Winter Harbor to have a fuel pump rebuilt and some seals replaced before running up to Oswego, and the finally across the Lake to Clayton.  We spent some time anchored there and then anchored in Alexandria Bay for a few nights before going to Canada and Gananoque where some of our kids and grand kids met us.  It was there we discovered a coolant leak so we only did a little day trip to Bolt Castle and back with the kids.

After they left we anchored off of Lindsay Island for several days.  Friends came out and rafted to us so we had a nice little party and some wonderful weather.

We headed back to French Creek Marina in Clayton to address the coolant leak which turned out to be a dead injector.  It was replaced and the coolant leak disappeared much to my surprise.

After that was complete we went over to Mary Street Public dock or as we refer to it, Rhonda's Place.  Rhonda is the wonderful dock master there.    Other friends joined us for a few nights before we headed to Alexandria Bay, but not before I enjoyed two hospital visits for cellulitis.   The hospital is in Alexandria Bay and Rhonda arranged for someone to drive us there and back a few times.

Anchored by the thousand Island club, our friends rafted up to us while we were at the hospital.  Turns out I had to stay for a few days while they transfused me with antibiotics to stem the infection.

After I was set free we still had to hang around for a follow up visit and then another follow up the day after labor day.  Luckily Jake, the dock master at Wellesley Yacht Club fond a spot for us during the days I was in the hospital and until the day after Labor Day.  Thankfully it was a short dinghy ride from the boat to the hospital.

We left after the last followup and went right to Rhonda's dock again.

Details can be found here, but probably not for several months given the propensity for lack of blog updates by yours truly.  But I'm gearing up for it, honestly!

December - January 2016 Wisconsin and Points South

We made it to Huckins Boat yard and then drove to Wisconsin for a month before returning to a cleaned and fix boat.  We made our way south stopping in Ft. Pierce for a few days before arriving here at Loggerhead in Stuart where we doing boat projects before heading across Okeechobee to the Ft. Meyers and ultimately Marathon in the Keys.

Details of course can always be found here.