On 9/28/2016 10:00 PM, George Iemmolo wrote: Hi George, We had made a sailor out of our daughter's boyfriend, and he wanted Tripp-Lentsch like ours. He found and bought it in Rochester, NY and asked if we could help him get it to its new home at a marina on Staten Island. With the exuberance of youth, he wanted to go up and start the trip the next weekend. I said whoa.... First lets go up and inspect the ship and see what sort of problems you bought. We drove to Rochester; found the boat; found major problems - rust, water and dirt in the fuel tank that all had to be removed, and the whole fuel system cleaned before we could leave. With that accomplished, we departed the following weekend, with an engine that had a clean fuel system,and which ran reliably. Later I found a totally miss-adjusted gearbox clutch so that it wouldn't stay in forward gear without holding your foot against the shift lever. Toggles were installed above the turnbuckles, and were in the wrong place to do any good. Turnbuckles weren't installed properly so that some tightened by turning them to the left while others had to be turned to the right. All these problems were corrected as we went down the Barge Canal. I asked him what the former owner was, and he said, he was a Quality Control Manager. It became the joke of our sailing gang; never buy a boat from a Quality Control Manager; those are the sorts of problems you get..... It was an interesting trip; mostly under power down the Hudson, because of headwinds, but on our final day we had a glorious sail through the middle of New York Harbor and under the Verrazano Bridge to our Staten Island destination. Happy sailing, Connie
The Erickson 38 came to Lake Michigan from Connecticut via Long Island Sound Up the Hudson across the Erie Canal to lake Erie and then West to Lake Michigan. The owner did not want to retrace his sail so has sailed East to the St, Lawrence Seaway where it is being hauled for the winter. Next spring the plan is to go through the Seaway to the Atlantic Circumnavigate Newfoundland do Mane and be back in Connecticut and get as far South along the East Coast as time will allow. More than Likely finish up the following year sailing south along the east coast Maybe down Chesapeake Bay (My old Stomping Grounds on a Seward 23 being North East River Yacht Club) eventual getting to the West Coast of Florida. (St Pete area)
I am looking forward to crewing some legs on the upcoming Delivery,.
George "We Can Not Control the Wind But We Can Adjust Our Sails"
On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 9:28 PM, Gail Russell <gail@zeliga.com> wrote:
What is the path to move a boat from Indiana to Florida?
We did a trip down the inland waterway from Annapolis to Charleston, with a 40 foot boat in 2011. We did it in January and February! When we started, there was enough ice on the boat that it was a hazard getting off and on.. By the time we got to Charleston, it was warm. We had an adventure in Charleston Harbour where we got lost, and did not recognize that we were in the shipping channel because it turned sharply left in the middle of the harbour. We had a Coast Guard gunboat, with gunner at the front, acost us and tell us to get gone. We tried to explain that we had lost our bearings, and did not know where to go, since we could not identify the landmarks that were shown on the charts. Finally, I took a look at the longitude and latitude (duh!) and figured out where we were and where we could go to temporarily move out of the way. Never a dull minute with boarding.
I do recommend the inland waterway before the recreational boaters come along. We had everything to ourselves, though we got stuck at the bridge on the South side of Albermarle Sound. Tied up, and too much wind and tide to get out in front of the bridge in time for the bridge opening, while leaving the option to go back to the available docks against the tide.
gail
At 84 years of age every day sailing is added to my life span. As I plan on sailing till I am 90 I have to get in as much as I can every season. Have been able to crew on a Erickson 38 for the past 3 years for 2 weeks at a time as the owner moved his boat from Connecticut to Indiana and is now in the process of Moving it to Florida.