Monday was the "big launch" of Petrel for the trip across Oneida Lake and through the Barge Canal to Oswego - the plan was to make it across the lake and into the canal on Monday, then finish up Tuesday in Oswego, come back to mom's for the 4th, and go back up to Oswego to step the mast on Thursday, ready to sail across Lake Ontario on Friday. In the best "life happens when you're making other plans" fashion, the day started once the boat was in with us making our way around noon with 12-15 knot winds and some pretty stiff waves.
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| Petrel ready to be set in the water at Holmes Marina in Sylvan Beach |
About an hour and a half out, we were straight across from Cleveland, NY, fortunately, when the engine overheated and quit. Brian got the anchor out and managed to get the boat headed into the wind and waves (with the mast down, it REALLY doesn't work to have the boat sideways and rolling!), and we waited for the engine to cool down. We couldn't find anyone to rescue/tow us, so we worked our way towards the Cleveland dock by starting, stopping and anchoring, waiting for the engine to cool, and repeating the process a few times.
Brian worked on it all afternoon, and we thought we were all set, but another attempt to leave about 7 pm just to get into the canal failed - we overheated again and had to come back to Cleveland. After long hours of contortionist engine work and calls to mechanics, etc. on Tuesday, we still had no solution, but we got a ride to our car and came back to Judy's mothers to regroup. Brian went back up on the 4th and worked most of the day, so we'll try again today, July 5th. Keep your fingers crossed!
The 4th of July started out overcast and muggy, and we went out for a run but settled on walking most of it due to hot and muggy weather. We went to a party at Judy's sister Terry's in Rome, NY for a barbeque, and a good time was had by all! Wonderful time with mother, sisters, brother, nieces and nephews and Judy's son Colin and his wife April. It was SO HOT though - very different than Alaska. The temperature was in the high 80s and very humid - thunderstorms expected but never materialized - projected to be 94 degrees on Friday when we'll still be headed through the canal - ouch!
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| April, Judy's daughter-in-law and Carole, her "older sister!" |
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| Judy's brother Dan and his daughter Kayla |
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| Beautiful nieces Heather and Brandi and their sister Rachel |
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| Judy's brother Rob and Heather's husband Mike |
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