Continuing down the Erie Canal, we show you some tips on how to go down a lock and provide some history of the waterway. It’s a beautiful trek but it’s nice ...

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last time in sailing tipsy gypsy we

distract ourselves from the boat and

visit Niagara Falls

first Ontario side of the Falls and then

New York set at the Falls

after a full day enjoying this natural

wonder we get focused and finally have

our mass taken down the next leg of the

trip we also show you the first couple

days down with lock system

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holding onto it very slimy rope as we

are going to go down a lock basically

you just catch one of these lines along

the way and hold on to it so that you've

got some leverage and that your boat

isn't under control barons holding the

one back there and then we've got a

really nice back chop of this Dam this

one that we're going down right now is

only down eight feet and it's the last

one for today it's a pretty easy one we

did go down one that was 41 feet which

was

is twice the amount as the ones that

we've been doing

people are interested in knowing where

we're going it looks like we are all the

way descended sometimes these little

ones take a little bit longer than we'd

expect but it looks like he's gonna open

the gates and so what I just watched for

at this point in time is just to make

sure that that boom does not get close

enough to the wall where it makes me or

Theran nervous in the back I'm still

holding on to the rope just to make sure

that we've got control over it pretty

well we always we hurt gloves because

like I said this rope is slimy mess

every single one has a slimy mess

by pushing off the wall again just to

make sure that the bow is completely

the stern is 10 extra feet of the

mastery not the end

we can get into the middle of Locke and

assure that we will not hit anything

twenty-five of them I think we've got a

few more to go yet but it's really fun

it's actually a really good experience

the log system I really enjoy that you

inconel

and I believe that

it's been an incredible journey and I

don't know why I was nervous to do this

before because

now each lock has lock masters sometimes

a second person to help but

you know the canal doesn't make money to

really support too much

typically just the lock master is in

charge of the

ups and downs each day for each boat

comes its opening

and this is about the time where I say

then sarin you ready

all right and he'll push off the back

end and I will push up the back front

end but in the meantime making sure that

we use the bow hook to push us off with

enough force to make sure that we have

enough room and get into the middle of

the channel so that we can exit safely

and that we are ready to go sorry I had

to take off when my favorite parts of

exiting the channel is always saying

thank you to the lock master how about

the trains going by

and there's block master

and I'm so happy that this is the last

lock we're going through today because

it's been a long day thank you

now you know how to manage a boat going

down luck not too bad really but always

make sure to have a pair of gloves

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the Erie Canal connects the waters of

Lake Erie to the Hudson River and was

built to create a navigable water route

from New York City and the Atlantic

Ocean to the Great Lakes while on the

canal we go down 36 locks under 16 lift

bridges and under 286 other bridges

stargates and other overhanging

structures along the way

the terrain is gorgeous the entire time

and is another amazing part of our

travels thus far

this can now have made a huge impact on

New York history and I'm so glad to have

this service still running

it was extremely affordable and allows

such a significant difference in

waterway travel

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tying up on the walls free each night

with our cruising permit we paid $35 for

a 10 day pass but a full season pass is

available for only $75 can you imagine

having only $75 for docking fees for the

entire season it's possible but you need

to move every couple days to abide by

their 48 hours policy

I know I say this a lot but if you've

never been here you should definitely

make time for river cruising on the Erie

Canal

on day a on the canal we made it to gate

house number two if you don't make it

there by 3 p.m. you're not able to go

through the locks because there are six

locks in a row instead we explore the

gate house and enjoy this beautiful area

there wasn't much to do around this area

but decide to move the boat to have a

more secluded area and enjoy a relaxing

hammock in the nearby trees

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early the next morning we finished the

remainder of our journey through the

Erie Canal there's one power boat ahead

of us that's snuck in after we had

already attacked last night

it's beautiful day

the last lock is in view

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I think we're already in the house

all right

this is the last block and we're leaving

it and we're happy about it finally

relax

about two hours we pretty much shouldn't

have to wait for anything these guys way

up there tried to sneak out before we

could get up this morning but we woke up

and followed them they've had to wait

for us all morning but that also means

the locks have been ready so just wanted

to show you guys this really neat

looking bridge here in Troy and I'm

about to sit down and start working once

we were out of the ear canal and into

the Hudson River we made our way to

hoppin nose marina where we got tipsy

gypsy back in order again we had great

service there and we'll be back again

someday for the mast rack we made next

time on sailing tipsy gypsy we had done

the Hudson River witnessing the majestic

Catskill Mountains and then through New

York City we don't stay long due to a

decent weather window to sail down to

Cape May and from there we race over to

the Chesapeake Bay to make it in time to

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