Time to switch gears…we went from a state of slight depression thinking we were going to be stuck for another week, to one of anxious trepidation about the overnight trip we had just decided we were embarking on in an hour! So, we got our butts in gear readying...
Articles with the Tag Radio Waves
Hanging on the Hook in Sandy Hook
When we last left you, we were hanging out in New York City, which now seems like eons ago! In reality, it was three weeks ago that we left the rough waters of the 79th Street Boat Basin and made a quick trip to Sandy Hook in New Jersey...
NYC in 7:27 Minutes!
Wow…New York City really is something else! We spent a total of eight nights there tied to a mooring ball in the 79th Street Boat Basin and didn’t even begin to scratch the surface of everything there is to do and see in The Big Apple! The highlight of...
Hudson River Highlights
So, just what have we been up to since we had the mast put back up in early September anyhow? Well, for starters, we made the rest of the trip down the Hudson in three hops. We went from Catskill, where we had the mast stepped, to Wappingers Falls...
What Goes Down Must Go Back Up!
On September 11, we motored from Troy to Catskill, NY and experienced for the first time the effect of tides and currents. Unfortunately, we just woke up in the morning and left the wall in Troy without looking into what the tides were currently doing. Turns out the tide...
Dropping Radio Waves 200 Feet into the Hudson River
And on the tenth day, we dropped Radio Waves over 200 feet, made a right hand turn, and entered the Hudson River! We went through a total of seven locks that day. The five in the middle are known as the Waterford Flight of Locks and drop/lift boats 169...
Canal Buddies
We spent ten days transiting the Erie Canal, averaging around 35 miles per day. At times I wished we had taken more time, but by the end, I was ready to be out of there. There’s a lot of history in these small canal towns and several of them...
Going Through the Locks
Some folks have asked us what it’s like going through the locks on the Erie Canal. Well, to be honest, the first one was a little scary, just like anything new might be, but ended up being pretty painless. It all starts with a call to the lock master...
Getting Rid of the Sailboat
Well, not exactly…but temporarily taking away Radio Waves’ sailing capabilities, also known as un-stepping the mast. In a nutshell, with the mast up, we are about 55 feet tall. There are bridges along the first third of the Erie Canal with only 15 feet of clearance, and about 21...
Our Route
Some of you have asked for a visual showing where we started and where we’ve been so far (which had been part of my plan for this website all along). I finally had some time to figure out how to make that happen, and so without further ado…I present...