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Looking south down the canal, our route tomorrow.
Looking north with Lock 3 in the background.
They "dropped the pond" to give us 17 ft. clearance. We are 16 ft. high
Docked alongside the wall
Welcome to Mechanicville
After saying good bye to Phil and Judy and our new RVer friend, Bob, from CT who we met at Gulf View RV in Punta Gorda last winter, we sailed through the 2 white buoy markers and into the canal for a short, 16 mile, 1 1/2 hour ride to Mechanicville. Storms were forecasted for later in the afternoon, so we wanted to get to the free town wall by noon.First thing I saw after only 5 minutes underway was a 38 foot express cruiser heading our way putting out a huge wake. He kept coming and when close enough behind us, he swerved to our port, and just 20 feet from our side, kept going. I motioned with my arms to SLOW DOWN, but he didn't get it. When traveling on the canal, it's not necessary to stow everything as you normally would when in open waterm and we were lucky nothing flew around. His wake was at least 3 feet and with a lot of force, rolling us to no end! Jim got on the radio and yelled at him, and his reponse at first was, "The speed limit is 45 MPH.!" In that section it is, however, if he had taken the time to read the rest of the speed limit signs posted all over the locks, you are supposed to slow down for locks, docks, and passing boats. He finally got the idea after Jim yelling again, and apologized. Wonder if he learned anything?
We arrived at the wall, free electric and water, at Mechanicville. The wall was the perfect height to walk right off our pilot house. We had a nasty T storm as predicted, but after, the sun came out and temps dropped significantly. We were able to finally open all the windows and get in some fresh air.
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