Got up around 6:30 AM, warmer morning,
boat was dry, no dew at all. One other Canadian sail boat caught up
to us about ½ hour north of the first lock off the lake at
Whitehall, Lock #12.
The Happy Hooker
After the second lock south #11, they raced to
Lock #9 and locked up ahead of us. There is no Lock #10. It was in
the original plans, but turned out not be needed. We had planned to
stop after Lock #7 and turn north on the Hudson River to stay at the
town free wall at Fort Edward. We have stayed there before. When we
told the lock master at Lock 9, he informed us that the wall at Fort
Edward basin was closed for the next month as part of the General
Electric PCB dredging project that has been going on now for 6
seasons. We changed our plans and decided to stay on another dock
just north of the Fort Edward Basin.
An hour later we pull into Lock #8 and
the lock master came over to talk with us. He said we may want to
consider backing out of the lock and tying up on the wall leading
into Lock 8 for the night. He said the dock we were heading for would
be noisy and rocky with dredging barrage traffic that runs at night.
He said there are another two Canadian boats behind us, racing
through the canal, that would probably be staying there for the
night. We take him up on his suggestion since we had
admired the rubber bumpered wall leading into this lock. We back out
of the lock. As we start to tie up to the wall, the first Canadian
power boat comes speeding up to the lock with excessive speed and
pushing a substantial wake in this no wake zone, Assholes ! Linda and
I both keep waving for him to slow down. Finally he does, but too
late for us to avoid his wake. Then the large sailboat behind him
comes in fast with a pretty substantial wake. What is it with boats
with “Montreal” on their sterns ? We are happy not to be sharing
a dock for the evening with them.
Quiet evening at Lock 8
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