Day 27, Monday, August 17
Buffalo to Tonawanda
Today I finally got to see the staff of the marina, and I was glad to hear that they would be able to deal with the mast this morning. They negotiated the sale of the wooden supports and then told me to loosen the turnbuckles of the shrouds and stays to prepare for the crane.
When they cam back with the crane they attached a sling to the mast at the height of the spreaders and pulled it up slightly, and not it was my turn to pull the cotter pins and the retaining pins and free the shrouds and stays.
We secured the mast to the cradles and pulpits, and finally took off to Tonawanda in the afternoon, after buying diesel and getting a pumpout from the marina next door.
We had been told to keep 'right' all the time now to avoid taking the wrong turn and end up going over the waterfalls. Needless to say, we stayed alert!
We started encountering some traffic
While waiting at the first lock on our trip, we were told a giant barge was coming the opposite way, and we saw the big railway bridge rotate open to let it through (we had just passed under it ourselves)
That barge was indeed huge and we stayed well clear of it
Today I finally got to see the staff of the marina, and I was glad to hear that they would be able to deal with the mast this morning. They negotiated the sale of the wooden supports and then told me to loosen the turnbuckles of the shrouds and stays to prepare for the crane.
When they cam back with the crane they attached a sling to the mast at the height of the spreaders and pulled it up slightly, and not it was my turn to pull the cotter pins and the retaining pins and free the shrouds and stays.
Carefully we now lowered the mast and threaded it and the rollerfurler forestay over the bimini and under the solar panels.
Done!
We secured the mast to the cradles and pulpits, and finally took off to Tonawanda in the afternoon, after buying diesel and getting a pumpout from the marina next door.
We had been told to keep 'right' all the time now to avoid taking the wrong turn and end up going over the waterfalls. Needless to say, we stayed alert!
We started encountering some traffic
While waiting at the first lock on our trip, we were told a giant barge was coming the opposite way, and we saw the big railway bridge rotate open to let it through (we had just passed under it ourselves)
That barge was indeed huge and we stayed well clear of it
Finally in Tonawanda
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