Locking Through The Erie Canal - Tips and Tricks | Ep. 2
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- This video describes the process of navigating through the Eastern Erie Canal, including do's, don'ts and suggestions on how to make the process easier and less stressful.
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I never watch an entire video, I did here. You're engaging and you've really offered great information. Great video. Thanks.
Thanks John for your kind words. Glad you liked the video!
Thanks so much for a very thorough and concise set of tips and tricks. I'm hoping to do the Erie Canal in a year or two and your video has been one of the most helpful that I've seen.
Glad you enjoyed it. And good luck on your canal transit... it's a memory you won't soon forget!
Very informative!! I am about to go through them for the first time, looking forward to the challenge!
Good luck, you'll have a great time!
I'm planning on going next year late spring or early summer, a first timer. Ex-sailor buying a power boat soon coming up from the Schenectady area heading west or up river. Haven't decided how far up to go yet but just in the preliminary stages of planning it all out and remembering I have to come back the same way! Enjoyed the video and advice.
Very helpful! Thank you!
You're welcome Kim!
Video very useful still useful in 2021
Thanks Harvey!
Good job, thank you, looking forward to the whole loop video.
Thanks Chuck, glad you enjoyed it. For the great loop, I'm afraid you'll have to seek out others for that, as we don't have plans to go beyond the great lakes/erie canal section. Plenty of people we were boating with were doing it though and I'm sure it was going to be a great event. Fair winds!
Thank you. Great video with lots of good information.
Glad you liked it!
Good tips!
Thank you for sharing 😊
Thanks appreciate it!
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing your experience. Very much appreciated. Cheers
Glad you enjoyed it!
thanks for sharing - I am somewhat nervous for the whole adventure.... Wish I had some experience going thru a waterway like this.
The lock tenders on the Erie Canal are kind and often helpful people. They are used to a variety of skill levels and they will offer suggestions if you ask.
Depending on your draft, you might want to see if they have updated their detailed charts for known shallow spots. We found this helpful to pre-print so we could anticipate problem areas.
Well done!
good info thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks! Very helpful.
Glad you liked it! Fair winds.
Looks fun in interesting. Would love to do it.
You should definitely try it if you get the chance. Very worthwhile!
@18:00 you go through the process of contacting the lock operator as if it was apiece of cake.Not everyone knows how to opoerate a shortwave radio or about looking up phone numbers on the Erie canal system web site.Thanks for the video
Because pushing the ptt button is so hard to do?
An excellent video. Thanks very much.
Thanks seattleboatguy, glad you liked it!
yes thank you going next year...good job
Great, it'll be an experience you'll never forget! Lots of interesting sights to see.
Hi! What was the draught of Thalia?
It was 6 feet. Getting through some areas of the canal were tricky, depending on seasonal rains and silt from adjoining rivers.
Wow that's a lot of pictures for a CZcams video. Most of the video is you in front of a camera. But going thru the lock, we get a bunch of stills?
Hi Eric - yeah ... we were pretty new to video creation when we put this together and the locks came one right after another for a while so camera management wasn't our first priority. Our key goal with this video was to help other people (via knowledge transfer) who may be thinking of transiting lock systems, especially the Erie since it is a pretty intense, though rewarding, experience!!
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Sir, great vid! thanks. a question perhaps, necessary to have to people to lock through? possible with one person but not recommended? I can imagine some kind of line arrangement looping around a cleat at the bow and another at the stern and then one person "holding" both lines near the cockpit?
I think it could be possible with one person but much more difficult. There can be turbulence in the lock, both from other boats and from the lock being filled. You could do as you suggested. I would have one long line available at the bow that can be lead back to the cockpit for you to adjust, while you handle a shorter line at the stern. Sometimes, we just had one line at amidships. It depends on where you settle along the lock wall and where the pipes or weighted lines are located. That will drive where you need to be or where the extra line needs to be place. Good luck!