Learning What NOT to say to Lock Tenders (Amsterdam to Lock 16 St. Johnsville, NY)
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- "Don't wait for us, we're slow and don't mind waiting" - was what we said. Pivot is (as of now) the 4th slowest boat on the Loop so we are used to lagging behind. Trawler speed is sort of an "ethos" where patience is the name of the game. It turns out that some Lock Tenders may not like it too much, so we learned by being forced to wait much longer than usual.
We aren't bitter (although we may have been getting a bit h-angry) it's just another learning experience! Always a student, and we're sure being a Lock Tender has its stressful moments, and we are very grateful for all the Lock Tenders on our loop far. Our goals are to be kind and pleasant boaters to all that we meet along the way, Lock and Bridge tenders included!
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Cheers from the Loop,
Jennifer and Elliot
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🎥 Episode #280 | Filmed on June 29th 2022
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Hi! We are high school sweethearts from Atlanta, Georgia who decided to take a year off to travel around the world. Together we decided to create vlogs for our journey as a fun way to remember it. On September 15, 2019, we left Atlanta with 3 bags, 2 one-way tickets, and 1 goal of traveling for a whole year. Little did we know, 6 months later we would find ourselves in a nationwide lockdown in India. After spending 5 months in India, we came back to the United States and decided to purchase a 34’ Trawler, dive headfirst into boat life, and kick-off America’s Great Loop.
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You were not that far off. The major historic spot in the area is Johnson Hall, named for the British Indian agent who kept the Iroquois on the British side during the French and Indian War.
True waiting at the locks or missing one just zaps you. We live on the Rideau System of the extended loop and the worst is getting stuck in smouldering heat and humidity on the bow of the boat… while my captain sits inside or under the Bimini. Lol
Jenn, you need to write a boat cook book. I’d buy it!!
I know this is long after you've been there. I live in Fairport grew up in Canandaigua and moved to Powder Springs, Ga. Raised my family there and had friends who would ask about NY when we would play baseball in Cooperstown as if it were the city. Not realizing there is more to NY than the City, it has beautiful countryside, mountains, rivers, and small towns. Which by now you've already found that out. Maybe sometime in the future, you can see it in the Autumn with all the Fall colors.
It’s interesting to see up close what I drive by whenever I take the Thruway from Rochester to Albany.
7 episodes behind, time to binge for a few hours.
... you two are a riot... "jeopardy theme, big spiders the size of my palm, 10 times longer without the thruster and Ollie laying on the pee mat and getting questioned" to name but a few... oh ya; "messy hair"... great run on this one and lots learned. Perfect. Cheers!! :)
😂 haha thanks Mike - glad you enjoyed!!
Dock in Amsterdam in the summer they have top notch free music every Saturday night at Riverlink park plus Amsterdam is a very chill place to be
Definitely will have to do that next time!
Being a retired Lock & Dam Operator I really enjoyed finding this video. Nice boat!
Oh right on, thanks for saying hi!
Locks, like life are different, just as their tenders. It's always cool in the end. It is amazing the Erie Canal was completed in 1825. What a waterway of history! Fair winds and smooth travels ahead!
Absolutely, always cool in the end 😁 Thanks for watching Vern!
@@SchoandJo Hey I'm from Mississippi. Southerners we are, and we root for one another always! All my best.
Those locks always amaze me…so cool! Didn’t know there were so many in what seems like such a short distance. I loved all the trees and mountains on this cruise…so pretty! I bet Ollie loved running around on land…she is so adorable! Can’t forget those spiders….eeek! 😳😵💫Keep traveling safe!
Tons and tons of locks! Some really fun cruising 😁 Thanks for watching Suzanne!
Awesome 👍😎
Ollie loves her boat. It’s her safe space. Tyler says hi. Went with friends tonight to see a super scary movie The Smile. First scary movie since Silence of the Lambs in 1991. So watching this new video tonight and getting a scho an jo and Ollie fix helped bring me back to a safe comforting reality! Thank you!! Go your own speed. It’s all good.
Whoa! Haha glad you enjoyed 😁 I'm sure Ollie misses Tyler. Cheers
Great video. Thanks
Thanks Ed!
Nice day...Good locking...Getting closer to 🇨🇦🇨🇦......Enjoy....
Thanks Karen 😁
Been loving the frequent uploads keep it up super exited to see what’s to come
Thanks so much! We appreciate it 😁
Thank you for sharing your trip guys. It's so much fun to sit down and watch these videos!!
Thank you for watching!
Excellent video as always
Thanks Michael!
Dogs are funny. Pretty sure she knew you on boat and getting ready to leave and didn't want to get left behind. Not knowing, you'd stay for a week to find her. And, I think she likes cruising. Especially since she's learned to go on board
Haha right on! Thanks John 🐶
Another successful day of going through lockes. I would not let big fast boat ruin your loop. Your doing it the way you want. Enjoy
Definitely! Thanks for watching Buck 😁
The lockmaster I know has other things to do besides working the lock. So its always best assume they do and to take up as little of their time as you can. And in some locks the water comming through the locks need to be kept as low as posible to keep the upstream water level from dropping. So for both reasons, some lockmasters want to run the lock as few times a possible per day, an have it as full as they can with boats each time. That uses the least amount of water an the least amount of his time so he can go do other tasks.
This lockmaster may have actually had something else to do, or he may have just taken your comment as disrespect for him or his time. You not taken in to acount that cycling the lock again just for you adds to his workload an takes away his time he could be doing something else. So he may have made you wait for spite. The fact that the next lock didnt wait for you makes me think they didnt like what you said an both deliberately made you wait.
This my home area. Tribes Hill NY
Niiiice, thanks for saying hi Tim 👋
welcome to NY guys, you went even to my town Waterford
Right on, thanks for watching Richard!
Nice one
Thanks Jeremy!
That girl can sit anywhere she wants Mom!🤣
haha 😁
Tribes Hill my home. And it's St Johnsville not Johnsonville.
🕸 wow
Crazy hair‼️ What's with the crazy ' stash ?? ' 🤪🙃🙂
haha!
You've said that you had zero boating experience before you bought Pivot. Did you take a navigation course, or did you "learn as you went"?
Also, how do you like the new anchor, compared to the previous one?
The new anchor is amazing, we highly recommend it. We took Sailing ASA101 in Australia, a Georgia Safety Boaters Course, and everything else was learned on the water with just us and Pivot (and Ollie of course).
Where does the dog go potty?
On days on the canals, we take Ollie out before we leave and then after we arrive. On days where we are anchored we typically dinghy to shore, and for all other circumstances we have a pee pad on the deck. She doesn't really like to use that though...
Is anchoring prohibited in the canal?
I don't think so, but there really weren't many places to anchor. It is pretty narrow, mostly you'd just tie up to the walls.
@@SchoandJo what freaked me out about the walls is the spiders... I hate spiders ...
You should tell them you didn’t know the loop was a race
haha!
I'm sure, that to some folks, the loop is a race. But, they miss many of the sights along the way. At least in my opinion.
When you radioed the lockmaster that you were not in a rush and not to wait for you, If he was willing to hold the lock for you, you should have sped up if not at full throttle. You mentioned also that others should slow down, yes that would help with lock timing, but you also have the responsibility to move faster if need be. Please make up your mind, you said you are not in a rush, but then complain about waiting at the lock.
When someone offers you a favor, don't refuse it.
While most of this is correct, there are a few differences to how it was.
1. There is no expectation to speed up, although it can be a nice thing to do.
2. We were fine with waiting, however, the lock was basically on standby for an extra 30 minutes, so basically instead of waiting 5 - 10 minutes for the next lock through we ended up waiting for about an hour, for no real reason, no communication, and we felt like it was on purpose. Whether it was or wasn't, it's just what we felt. Furthermore, the next lock went right ahead without waiting, which delayed us further, which was the opposite of us waiting an hour at the previous for a boat, the next lock didn't wait 2 minutes for us. Considering the locks were back to back you can see our frustration 😁 Again, not like it ruined our day just part of the real life of boating that you will see out on the water! It was no big deal.
3. To be clear others should slow down because they will have to wait at the locks anyways, not because we want them to go slower. In this specific scenario, the boat going 15kts had to wait for the 9kts boat. So the suggestion to go slower is simply to save diesel, lock masters will lock you when they want.
Cheers!
@@SchoandJo it's all give and take. Wait til you transit the western part of the loop. We had to wait 5 hours for our turn to enter. The tug/barges got priority, and had to break them down to enter...that took a while. I wished the lock masters would have updated us as the time went ...even a general announcement would have been great.