What a spectacular adventure for your family! The locks procedure is very interesting, to say the least. The closing shot of the sky’s reflection in the water was epic. Thank you
I lived between the Crescent Bridge and the Twin Bridges after lock 6 on the North side of the Mohawk for 40 years. Loved it! I moved to Coastal NC 4 years ago, It's ironic that the day this episode was released I was back there visiting family and friends. I know this was filmed a couple of years ago but hopefully you learned along your travels to wear gloves and have a cut knife while locking. I'm really enjoying your adventures on the loop.
Good job. Locks are really not a big deal. As long as you can handle you vessel properly. Here in Seattle we have the busiest locks in the Nation. Our small lock is 150' long anf it has floating wall sections that go up and down. All you need to do is get your bow and stern line around the bollard on the floating wall and secure it to the cleat on your boat. Very easy. The big 825' lock is where the fun starts. On a busy summer day you may have to wait for hours to get in the lock. So while you wait you'll have to hang out in the ship canal with many other boats trying not to collide with each other. When they finally open the doors the big boats always go in first. My boat is 50' and that means we go in first and we get hooked up on the wall. No cables to hook up to. You carry 2 50' lines with you and the lock attendants will connect the lines to bollard buttons on top of the wall. Then smaller boats will come along side and raft up to the bigger boats. If its a busy day i may get 3 or 4 smaller boats rafted to me...big to small. The lock may take quite a long time to load all the boats that may be waiting. Once loaded the big doors shut and the crew on the big boats have to man the lines and hold all the boats in place .... letting out line or taking in line depending on if you're going up or down. When its time to leave the locks thats when the Rodeo may start. Inexperienced boaters that never seem to do what they are told by the lock attendants....another fun fact is that the locks are open to the public and you may have a couple hundred tourist watching you and they all have a camera.... .
@@steveprice4779 super impressive! Yes. We were on some locks on the river systems through Tennessee that were over 1000 feet long. We felt extremely small.
Great info about the Erie Canal, and awesome sunset shots once you were tied up on the wall! I saw a show about a luxury river cruise ship in Europe - the entire top deck lowers to clear the bridges, but it’s so tight that they actually stand a plastic water bottle upright on the forward-most part of the upper deck and proceed at almost dead slow, and if it the bottle gets knocked over, they can still stop and reverse before doing any damage. They cleared all of the bridges in the episode I watched, but such tight tolerances likely cause some serious sweating in the pilot house!
@@karikarr6377 It wasn’t apparent in our video but we crept up to most of those bridges ready to reverse out if needed. Cinda on top was a great gauge for us. Thanks for watching!
@@bricehawley6693 No. we could have gotten it repaired, but a haul out and boat yard time just wasn’t in the plan. Turns out I learned to do everything I needed without it. I could walk her side ways with just splitting the throttles and using the bow thruster. Her massive torque with large props and rudders were the key.
so did the Eartech headset survive the swim? I ask because i have a set on my boat and they are definately part of the :very useful equipment list" for docking...
I think you said (a few episodes ago) but I've forgotten and am too lazy to go back through. What did you manage to adjust your air-draft to? Some of those bridges would have had me in cardiac arrest.
After two days of binging episodes I’ve finally caught up. For this old one who will never do the loop I’ve enjoyed watching you doing your best to make the trip enjoyable for not only you but your children. I’m looking forward to seeing the rest of your journey for as long as you choose to share it.
So when you do your 2nd loop after the kids are on their own, what size boat would you choose to do the loop? I know this one was picked with the chance you'd have a captain and/or a tutor aboard. But you've done it in a big boat and wondering if you'd down size if it were just the 2 of you? Know Cinda likes "beamy" boats and not going to get that probably in a shorter boat. Just curious.
@@johnmarschalk1977 Not sure there will be a second Loop. But if so… it would be something like a 45-50 foot Downeast design. It wasn’t so much the length as it was the height and therefore windage during docking or anchoring. ⚓️Mark
@@TheBoomershines You got to do another one in about 15 years, if you wait longer if I'm alive I won't remember watching or commenting and keep doing both until you block me if that's possible on YT. Boat size was because you had some experience w a larger boat before hand. See people w no experience boating learn on the way. Just seems daunting in anything over 36, but I'm looking at 42 or 45
What a great video to watch plus seeing a family vacation
Awww thank you!!!
Great to see everyone working together. Im sure the whole loop experience has bonded your family closer.
It definitely did! The Loop is great, but the quality time with our kiddos is PRICELESS!
What a spectacular adventure for your family! The locks procedure is very interesting, to say the least. The closing shot of the sky’s reflection in the water was epic. Thank you
Thank YOU for watching and for your sweet comment :)
Enjoyable, as always. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us!
@@suenorthcarolina6695 thank you for watching!
I lived between the Crescent Bridge and the Twin Bridges after lock 6 on the North side of the Mohawk for 40 years. Loved it! I moved to Coastal NC 4 years ago, It's ironic that the day this episode was released I was back there visiting family and friends. I know this was filmed a couple of years ago but hopefully you learned along your travels to wear gloves and have a cut knife while locking. I'm really enjoying your adventures on the loop.
That is very ironic indeed!!! You will be happy to know that I have a knife on my life jacket and wore gloves. Some of those lines are slimy!
Looks like a great day!
@@robhowen one of many for sure!
Good job. Locks are really not a big deal. As long as you can handle you vessel properly. Here in Seattle we have the busiest locks in the Nation. Our small lock is 150' long anf it has floating wall sections that go up and down. All you need to do is get your bow and stern line around the bollard on the floating wall and secure it to the cleat on your boat. Very easy. The big 825' lock is where the fun starts. On a busy summer day you may have to wait for hours to get in the lock. So while you wait you'll have to hang out in the ship canal with many other boats trying not to collide with each other. When they finally open the doors the big boats always go in first. My boat is 50' and that means we go in first and we get hooked up on the wall. No cables to hook up to. You carry 2 50' lines with you and the lock attendants will connect the lines to bollard buttons on top of the wall. Then smaller boats will come along side and raft up to the bigger boats. If its a busy day i may get 3 or 4 smaller boats rafted to me...big to small. The lock may take quite a long time to load all the boats that may be waiting. Once loaded the big doors shut and the crew on the big boats have to man the lines and hold all the boats in place .... letting out line or taking in line depending on if you're going up or down. When its time to leave the locks thats when the Rodeo may start. Inexperienced boaters that never seem to do what they are told by the lock attendants....another fun fact is that the locks are open to the public and you may have a couple hundred tourist watching you and they all have a camera....
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@@steveprice4779 super impressive! Yes. We were on some locks on the river systems through Tennessee that were over 1000 feet long. We felt extremely small.
Great info about the Erie Canal, and awesome sunset shots once you were tied up on the wall! I saw a show about a luxury river cruise ship in Europe - the entire top deck lowers to clear the bridges, but it’s so tight that they actually stand a plastic water bottle upright on the forward-most part of the upper deck and proceed at almost dead slow, and if it the bottle gets knocked over, they can still stop and reverse before doing any damage. They cleared all of the bridges in the episode I watched, but such tight tolerances likely cause some serious sweating in the pilot house!
@@karikarr6377 It wasn’t apparent in our video but we crept up to most of those bridges ready to reverse out if needed. Cinda on top was a great gauge for us. Thanks for watching!
Very good crew, love the videos. I don't know what I like better so far. The Dismall or the trip up the Hudson. I'm leaning towards the Hudson
@@michaelgray957 That’s a tough one for sure. Thanks for watching!
Great video! A little bit of envy goin' on here.....
@@bricehawley6693 Oh no! Not the intent!
Deckhands are great.
@@karlmacburnie1573 Thank you! We agree!
Love watching you crazy kids!
@@stevetadlock5223 We love being watched! Wait… that sounds weird. 🤣
Have you run into any issues with slimy ropes? Those oversized ball shaped fenders are definitely the way to go! Thanks for another great episode!
@@ThomasKuhar Lots of slimy ropes. You will see Cinda is wearing gloves. We searched for months for those fenders! They were priceless!
Forgot to as in my earlier post. Did the stern thruster ever get fixed?
@@bricehawley6693 No. we could have gotten it repaired, but a haul out and boat yard time just wasn’t in the plan. Turns out I learned to do everything I needed without it. I could walk her side ways with just splitting the throttles and using the bow thruster. Her massive torque with large props and rudders were the key.
so did the Eartech headset survive the swim? I ask because i have a set on my boat and they are definately part of the :very useful equipment list" for docking...
@@barryjones7341 They did! They worked flawlessly for 12 months afterward.
I think you said (a few episodes ago) but I've forgotten and am too lazy to go back through. What did you manage to adjust your air-draft to? Some of those bridges would have had me in cardiac arrest.
@@CAPTJohn47 We were around 23-24 feet down to around 20 feet.
I can't find episode 42 have you completed it? Love your videos.
We post every Friday at 5:00. Episode 42 will drop this coming Friday. So glad you are enjoying the videos. Glad to have you aboard!
After two days of binging episodes I’ve finally caught up. For this old one who will never do the loop I’ve enjoyed watching you doing your best to make the trip enjoyable for not only you but your children. I’m looking forward to seeing the rest of your journey for as long as you choose to share it.
@ Two days! Wow! Even I would get tired of seeing us for two days😂. Thanks for the commitment and so happy to have you aboard! ⚓️Mark
@@oldgrumpy4601 So glad you are enjoying the videos! Welcome aboard! See you again on Friday at 5:00 :)
So when you do your 2nd loop after the kids are on their own, what size boat would you choose to do the loop? I know this one was picked with the chance you'd have a captain and/or a tutor aboard. But you've done it in a big boat and wondering if you'd down size if it were just the 2 of you? Know Cinda likes "beamy" boats and not going to get that probably in a shorter boat. Just curious.
@@johnmarschalk1977 Not sure there will be a second Loop. But if so… it would be something like a 45-50 foot Downeast design. It wasn’t so much the length as it was the height and therefore windage during docking or anchoring. ⚓️Mark
@@TheBoomershines You got to do another one in about 15 years, if you wait longer if I'm alive I won't remember watching or commenting and keep doing both until you block me if that's possible on YT. Boat size was because you had some experience w a larger boat before hand. See people w no experience boating learn on the way. Just seems daunting in anything over 36, but I'm looking at 42 or 45
great video, but when you pan the camera around could you do it a little slower? 😁
@@scottsmith1229 Like we’ve always said. We are by no means professionals 🤣
@@TheBoomershines 👍
@@scottsmith1229 Thanks for understanding, and still watching :). And BTW, as we edit these videos, I 100% agree with this comment LOL. xo Cinda
wait a second? Video Title says Ep 50 but in video you say Ep 41.
@@davereed3861 Oops:)
I just fixed it. Thanks for the catch! xo Cinda