Upcoming Itinerary

The Erie canal, being what it is, boring and tiresome.....we plan on no more than 4 hours a day traveling time. Each time we travel, we will update this blog.....I Promise!!

Monday - July 30th.-We are due to arrive at the Mariner's Landing Marina (aka Skinner's Harbor) on Monday, July 30th. We will probably spend three days here. Mariner's Landing is an Oneida Nation owned Marina, and sells fuel, etc. At my last check, diesel fuel is $3.84.9 per gallon. Not too bad...LOL
(28 miles - 3 hours)

Thursday, August 2nd. - After we leave Mariner's Landing our next stop will be in Ilion, NY. It is a four hour ride from Verona (Sylvan) Beach to Ilion. We plan on staying at the Ilion Marina overnight. There is a nice little cafe, Ilion Dockside Cafe located here, and also Remington Firearms Co., a company that makes guns and ammunition
(4.0 hrs; and 42 miles.)



View from Ilion Marina



Friday August 3rd- From Ilion it is eastbound another few hours to a favorite marina located in St. Johnsville, NY. St Johnsville NY is located on the canal just east of Lock 16.

(2.0 hours and 20 miles)

Saturday, August 4th. - From St. Johnsville, we travel about 2.5 hours and 23 miles into the Arrowhead Marina located in Glenville, NY, east of Lock 9.
(2.5 hours and 23 miles)

Sunday, August 5th. - One night at the Arrowhead is all we need, and then we move to the Schenectedy Yacht Club in Schenectedy, NY. My sister, Angela,  lives a few miles from here, and she will be down to the docks to visit us for a while.
(3.0 hours and 28 miles)



Monday, August 6th. -
Tuesday, August 7th . - Blain's Bay Marina to Waterford, NY. When we leave Blain's Bay, we will do Locks 6 & 5 and then what is known as the Waterford Flight of Locks. They are Locks 4, 3, and 2....all in a row with NO stopping allowed once you begin.
Blains Bay to Waterford, NY is only a 3 hour run including lock through times. We plan on staying in Waterford two nights and leaving on Thursday the 9th of August, heading south through what is known as Lock 1 or the Federal lock or the Troy Lock. (45mins and 5 miles)

Wednesday, August 8th - Waterford, NY....resting for day



Thursday, August 9th - Finally we will hit the Hudson River today.When we leave Waterford, we will be heading south through what is known as Lock 1 or the Federal lock or the Troy Lock. Entering the Hudson River is a big step for us. I have not piloted a boat in tidal waters with a current since 1980.

Thurday, August 9th - Troy to Coeyman's NY. Coeymans Landing Marina. (1 hour and 10 miles)

Friday, August 10th - Coeymans Landing to Kingston, NY. (54 miles and 6 hours)

Saturday, August 11th - Kingston to Poughkeepsie.  While in Poughkeepsie, we will stay at the Shadows Marina, which is one block from the Mid-Hudson Arena and the Grandview Hotel so that we may attend the 2012 NYS Funeral Directors Annual Convention.


August 12th (Sunday)through the 15th( Wednesday) are Convention Days.

Thursday, August 16th - We leave Poughkeepsie and either head south to NYC or North and return to Brewerton.....we are not sure as of yet. More to come as the time approaches, and decisions are made.

Here is a link to the canal mileage chart,
We started at mile marker #308 and we plan to finish the 2012 season at mile marker 0.

This particular leg of the trip is from mile marker 284( Sylvan Beach)  to mile marker # 76 (Poughkeepsie) , for a total of about 208 miles.