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C-Renity cruising the Erie Canal

Hi Brandon, Congrats on the new boat, and thanks for documenting your experience on single handed docking. We keep our boat on the Erie Canal, so we are frequently docking, and docking against those 'unforgiving' cement walls! I rarely single hand the boat, when we dock I'm usually at the...

Agreed Boris. We think the canal is a great resource. We're hoping it stays open for another 200 years. But, in today's financial situation/political environment who knows. It would be hard to imagine it not operating, and no one is talking about it shutting down. Much of upstate NY is...

Actually, the Canal Corp is now under the NYS Power Authority. The Canal was under the NYS Thruway management before it was moved to the Power Authority in the last year or so. It was moved from the Thruway Authority because it was too much of a financial burden on the Thruway, and it was...

If it wasn't for NYS, I think the system would collapse under the cost. For a small town that happened to have a lock facility to maintain, the cost would probably sink their town budget when the lock needed an upgrade. I recall some pretty large $ amounts being referenced at the presentation...

Hi, is it Richard? I saw your comments on the Erie Canal and the managements' responsiveness. I checked our copy of the Cruising Guide for the Canal, and our copy is also from 2006. We ordered ours a few years back. I was thinking of ordering a new copy, looks like it is not worth it-if...

Hi Bruce and Wayne, We've been docking our boat at Allen's Marina in Greece. The marina is not much to look at, but it is very convenient for us. We live in Greece, so it is literally minutes from our house. Tony D's is the restaurant I was referring to at Corn Hill. They've had trouble...

Hi Bruce, Looks like you have received a number of good responses on the Western end of the Erie Canal. For the last few years we have been keeping our boat on the canal, in the Rochester area. I'm happy to hear you are interested in cruising this portion of the canal. Just to mention a...

This is great. I recall reading that the C-Dory business changed hands, but seeing this compiled in one place is really appreciated. Nice work Pat in documenting all of this, and safe cruising on your 'great loop adventure'. Regards, Jack Howell

Karl, I live in the Rochester NY area, we have our 22' C-Dory on the Erie Canal. If you have not been on a 22' boat, you're more than welcome to contact me and arrange a get together. It sounded like you are in the Lake Champlain area of NYS, is that right? That's a long ways off, but the...

New stainless steel fasteners on inside for rub rail 2015

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Rub rail waiting to be taken off port side

Rub rail off starboard side

Looks much better with name

Name on boat

Larry and Joann, Congratulations on the new to you boat! We keep our boat on the Erie Canal in the Rochester area. We plan to cruise this year, and travel to Cayuga and Seneca Lakes. The Finger Lakes are a beautiful area to boat. I hope to see you boating in the area, since there are few...

Thanks to all of you who have responded to my question about cooking on board. I've held off buying one of the Magma kettle grills, it sounds like those units have a number of issues. Sounds like the rectangular design is a better option. I appreciate the thoughts on where folks have mounted...

Hi Folks, We're looking to set our boat up for grilling on board. We're looking at picking up a Magma, propane Kettle Grill. I'm trying to determine the best location, and method to mount the grill, and how you store the grill when not in use. So if someone has experience setting up one of...