Troy/Waterford to Catskill, NY

Catskill, NY

We are in Catskill, NY at the Riverview Marina where we had the mast put back into it's place yesturday, October 8, a great day!  Odyssey sure is pretty now.  For those interested, the price was 125$.  The shower here is very clean, two in a row...  So far with our antenna for internet we have been pretty lucky, even on moorings.  We met a couple with their kids who were not able to connect anywhere, they didn't have a long range antenna.

Catskill, NY - Riverview Marina

 Troy, NY

Albany, NY

We spent the night, Oct. 7 at Castleton Marina on a mooring, 5$ for the mooring and 5$ for showers.  Castleton Marina is the first place since Chambly that the showers were clean.  And surprise, a beer was 1$.

Castleton Marina from our mooring

 Entering the Troy Federal lock, our last one!  We have done 13 locks since Whitehall!

Exiting the Troy Federal lock

We spent 2 nights at the Waterford City dock, free services and internet.  I don't recommend the washroom though!  Sorry Waterford!  It raiined so much that the river raised two feet in 24 hours and once again, they closed the Erie Canal and Champlain Canal.  I must say, we have not had much luck with the weather.  We left Waterford in the rain, but once we got to the Troy Federal lock, it was sunny for the first time in days.

Waterford, NY rainy day

Bonjour....

Des photos du Canal Champlain, direction écluse 12 à Whitehall, NY

 Whitehall, NY

Nous avons passé une nuit 'gratuit' à Whitehall, un petit village au sud de l'écluse 12.  Je vous recommande
S & J Eatery, le meilleur hamburger que j'ai mangé depuis longtemps.  Le proprio nous a donné de la soupe maison pour notre souper...déliceuse!  Le gens de Whitehall, super sympathique

Canal Champlain, direction Schuylerville, NY

Canal Champlain

Photos de débris que nous avons dû éviter!

Schuylerville, NY Champlain Canal

Nous avons passé une nuit à Schuyler Yacht Bassin, des gens sympa mais trop cher pour les services.  La ville, parcontre est très belle.

Le train du sud., nous étions 5 voiliers, direction Mechanicville, NY

Mechanicville offre aussi un quai 'gratuit' avec service.  Nous avons profité pour faire le plein d'eau et vider la fausse septique.  Après un petit lunch, direction écluses no. 3.

Hudson River

Hudon River, NY écluse

Nous sommes le 6 octobre, on est rendu à Waterford, NY ou le Canal Champlain et l'Erie se rencontre.  Nous sommes arrivés hier à Waterford/Troy, NY. À l'entré du Canal Erie, il y a un grand quai 'gratuit' avec touts les services.  Ce matin il pleuvait et pleut encore à boire debout, nous avons profité pour faire des courses, demain on va faire la grand écluse de Troy, direction Castleton après demain Catskill où on va faire rematter!  Yah!

Un petit bateau qui a passé à coté de nous ce matin, il rentrait dans l'écluse du Canal Erie

Hello from Chipman Point Marina

 Chipman Point Marina, Vermont

The Champlain Canal is closed until further notice so we will be staying at Chipman Point, Vermont.  The bad weather we have had has caused damage in the canal.  We are told it might take 2 or 3 days, hopefully not.

 C'est moi....Chipman Point!

Fort Ticonderoga, NY

We left the Fort on Thursday morning in the pouring rain.  We were approx 1 1/2 hours up the lake when a boater called us on our radio and told us to turn around that the lock was closed and they were going to open up the lock to let water out.  This morning we were told that there were tree trunks and all sorts of debris that rushed out.  Also, it seems that one of the marinas at lock 12 lost some of it docks.  I want to thank the person who warned us, the boats name was Clarillon.

 Fort Ticonderoga anchorage

Thursday morning leaving Converse Bay

Converse Bay sunset

 The only boat we saw today

Southbound - Three of the Four Brothers, Lake Champlain, NY

We left Plattsburg on Wednesday morning, direction Converse Bay!  About one hour after we left we got seaweed in the raw water pump, the engine heated up real quick, un peu la panique before Pierre realized what it was.  Pierre fixed it in 15 min.  Hurray for Pierre and his knowledge!

Plattsburgh, storm coming in!

Plattsburgh, NY

Nous sommes rendus à Plattsburgh, NY depuis dimanche et nous restons un autre jour, car la météo n’est pas très favorable.  Des vagues jusqu’a cinq pieds sont prévus.

Plattsburgh Boat Basin

Hier, Pierre a reçu sa pièce et fait réparer ses lunettes!!  Nos courses sont terminés…nous sommes pret pour un autre départ.

Pour les futurs voyageurs :

Avoir un mouillage dans les marinas du U.S. 27$ (Rouses Point et Plattsburgh)

Internet à Rouses Point, gratuit avec le mouillage et Plattsburgh 10$ par 24 heures.

Au Canada, les quais fédéral charge 0.90$ le pied pour une nuit.

Passage Canal St Ours 26$ et le Canal Chambly 46$.

Deep Bay entrance

J’ai bien aimé Deep Bay, un endroit magnifique.   Malheureusement le ciel était couvert de nuage ce soir là, j’aurais bien aimé voir la lune et les étoiles.

Deep Bay

Demain, mercredi, nous espérons partir pour Converse Bay.  Nous allons être sans l'internet pour plusieurs jours...alors à la prochaine!

Since my last pictures at St. Ours, we have been to Chambly where I had a super evening with my family. We had to wait 24 hours before going through the Chambly Canal, there are only two openings a day at this time of the year, and we were third in line and only 2 large boats at a time. Us with our 51 foot mast across Odyssey IV we are very very long. We went through the nine locks without any trouble; the people who help at the locks were very helpful and especially very friendly. We arrived at St. Jean sur Richelieu at around 17:00 and decided to dock at the Federal wharf; we were well protected from the high winds that night. We ended up staying two nights there, histoire de se reposer un peu.

Chambly Canal lock 9

Beloeil

Arriving at lock 9, St. Jean sur Richelieu

 Canal de Chambly

Captain Popeye

Thursday we left for Lake Champlain and are anchored out at Gains Marina, situated at Rouses Point, NY. Pierre was expecting a delivery here on Friday which never came, so today Saturday we are leaving for Deep Bay to spend the night and off to Plattsburgh. Hopefully, Pierre’s package, an air separator for the engine will arrive in Plattsburgh. We have decided to slow down a little; after all, we are on holidays. The trip is going very well.

Our departure from Portneuf

Louis qui nous accompagne à la sortie de Portneuf

Entrée de la Rivière Richelieu le 19 septembre...une belle journée plein de soliel



Traversé sur la Rivière Richelieu

Odyssey IV après 9 heures de navigation à St. Ours

Encore dans l'enclot!

On devait se mettre à l'eau mardi matin...helas..., un petit problème de moteur qui va peut-être retarder notre départ de plusieurs jours.  On le prends avec un sourire :-)   Je continue quand même à préparer notre départ...avec un grand optimiste.