Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Issues

Last May, when coming through the Canal into Lake Champlain. I bent a foil on the headsail furler by taking the mast down with my brother.  Arrived in Catskill, NY to get the  mast up and climbed up the mast to disconnect the headstay.  I bought the replacement piece, but everything was corroded-welded.  The picture is looking from the top.  Wound up blocking the whole thing and bending it by hand.  Went back up and looks like (close to) new. 

Halfway Through the Locks - Stillwater

Got there at 4:30 but could not pass (something about state workers and the clock...so spent the night on the wall

Mast Down - Approaching Troy NY

where the Erie and Champlain Canals meet