Starting THE ERIE CANAL and the FLIGHT OF FIVE
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- It's time for the Erie Canal and the flight of five! The flight of five refers to the first 5 locks of the Erie canal, where there are no places to stop in between. We have a wild ride as we begin our journey West!
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🎥 Episode #278 | Filmed on June 26th, 2022
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When is the recipe channel going to come out for the vegetarian delights that you present?
Sorry to see the delay in video. I have been following you for a year plus! Would have loved to meet you- live on pool 7 of the Erie Canal! Interesting fact but the white bock building you showed at the Mohawk harbor is a nuclear reactor! That is right before the last bridge before scotia!
You should be accurate
I love the Erie Canal! I think I have watched every video on TH-cam of people traveling the canal. I boat on Lake Erie and I am planning to do the canal next summer after I retire. Looking so forward to it.
HOLY COW, OMG.. what a great episode...Thank you both for sharing!
Thanks so much Randy, we appreciate it!
I’ve been through the locks around Pittsford, NY several times on tour boats. Come September I’m leading a paddle through lock 33. Expect that to be awesome from kayak level!
I really enjoyed this one. Showing the boat ahead of you while transiting the locks helped capture the scope of everything. This is the best I've seen since researching and starting my solo transit of the New York Canal System.
I copy/pasted the following to clarify the length of the Erie Canal including other sections of the NY canal system.
"The Erie Canal is 339 miles long from Waterford (Albany) to Tonawanda (Buffalo). Including its laterals, the Champlain, Oswego, and Cayuga-Seneca Canals, the entire system mileage equals 524."
Thanks Robert! Appreciate the clarification 😁 Solo transiting the NYS canal system sounds like a fun adventure.
We did the Erie going East so the flight of Five was down, which is usually calmer than go8ing up. We did the entire Erie in a single-diesel 35-footer with bow thruster, and there were some stressful times in locks when the wind and current pulled us into or off locks walls. We used big, round fenders for the locks and they were a Godsend.
Those big round fenders are amazing, they seem to do a great job! Sounds like you know what its like for Pivot! Cheers
This one is the best one yet! Sooo much information..
Thanks Larry - glad you enjoyed 😁
Those locks were INSANE!!! The doors were massive and it looked like y’all were entering the gates into some sort of kingdom each time! Holy cow, the bloops had me laughing!
HOLY COW, OMG 😅 Locking is super fun and different! We still have many locks to go in Tennessee and Alabama, y'all are always welcome to come for a ride! 😁
Thanks for the cost. It helps me make my dreams more right sized for retirement. Great info. When you all get on lake Michigan let me know. My cousins live on the water. Go by bug them.
Great video. You gave the viewer atouch of the size and scope of the lock system and small your boat seems. The scenery was real well presented and the problem jet ski's can be. The canal system gives us all a glimpse of how things were brought cross country, Enjoy
Thanks Buck!
Wish I knew you were passing through. My home port is Albany Marine on your port side right above the Waterford flight. hope you had a chance to stop at Amsterdam town docks or guy park wall to stay at next. Another couple days to Sylvan Beach which is a nice stop too. We have cruised The Hudson, Champlain, and Erie canals for years. If we knew you were going by we could’ve bought you dinner. Enjoy The Erie
Nice, you have lovely home cruising grounds! We'd love to come back and do the Western Eerie one day. Maybe next time Leslie, thank you for the offer!
new subscriber here! I'm enjoying your trip and reliving our own-did that same trek last July/August 2021...picked up the new-to-us trawler in long island and sailed it home to Ohio through the locks. I still remember the feeling when looking at that first lock!
Oh nice, thanks for watching Jackie!
Very interesting thank you for posting
How exciting!!! It was fun watching you go through the lochs. One of my ancestors used to be a boatman on the Erie Canal in the 1800's. I'm sure they were using mules back then. Looking forward to these videos as you approach Michigan and get into familiar territory for us. 😀
It was a blast, and that's super cool! It was pretty revolutionary back in the day, awesome that they got to be there for history!
Y. E. A. H. ‼️ 🎉 You did the 5!! U mm, actually 7, but who's counting. 🤪. Nice work team. ✨🌊💨🛥🌞✨
I really like the idea of using dish washing gloves. Thanks to Andy and Gwen telling you about them. The best point is that they can easily be washed when you're doing dishes. (After you've completed dishes). They would be great in the cold or rain by putting on regular gloves then putting the Playtex on. I'll have to add this to my boat supply list. PS: I hope you'll continue to vlog and stay in boating after you complete this trip. So many other cruisers drop off line. I know it might be one of many goals in life. Well, you both have a safe and enjoyable trip. Later. Semper Fi!
Absolutely, Andy and Gwen are legends! Thanks for watching Tom!
@@SchoandJo Incase you don't know it, so are you. legends I mean.later
This was AWESOME…those locks were massive! Really enjoyed this and those bloopers had me and my hubby laughing! Those tacos looked so delicious…definitely my kind of food! Ollie was cuuuute as ever! Keep traveling safe!
Haha glad y'all got a kick out of the bloops, we were cracking up editing them lol. Thanks for watching as always!
Loved watching this day in your life. Had no idea the Erie Canal looks like this! Great video; thank you!11
Haha thanks for watching Uncle Westby!
Well...wait until y'all get to the Jamie Whitten Lock on the Tenn-Tom - it's only about 85 feet deep, 600 feet long and 110 feet wide. I was going north and when the lock doors opened to let southbound traffic out my first thought was 'damn...I've never seen anything like this.' I'd done locks before but not one as big as that lock - that was a 'holy cow' experience with the only saving grace being the floating bollards. The Erie Canal is an amazing experience in it's own right. Enjoying the videos - thanks for sharing! Safe travels. Cheers...
Thanks Ross! That is a HUGE lock, it will definitely feel like we are entering a cave when we head through. Floating bollards do make things much easier! Thanks for watching 😁
@@SchoandJo It's like being in an echo chamber - don't let the 'noices' rattle y'all. Cheers...
Phenomenal👍
Awesome video..U guys did great... Very exciting.. Getting ready for the Trent Severn waterway....🇨🇦🇨🇦.. Enjoying the Journey....
Thanks Karen!
Fun stuff!
Thanks Ed!
These bloops made me cry 😂 also we guessed that the special treat was ice cream or beer and we were right in some crazy twist! 🥰
Why not both!!! 😂
Stay safe!
Thanks Kaz!
Enjoyed your "flight of five" cruise, those locks are something else.
Thanks! We had a blast, super fun cruising!
I just caught your channel I trivial the flight a lot . My boat club is west of loc 6. You went by it in the video. The boat club is the Crescent Boat Club. Why did you not use the cables in the locks? They are the easiest to use, Take your Bow line and Stern line bring them to your center cleat sending your lines around the cable then tie off. Then it takes only one person to keep fast to the lock wall.
Thanks for watching! I think we used a cable later when we figured out what we were doing 😁
Very cool how the locks are and how to go through them like that! I was trying to figure out your route but your last Nebo location vs these videos are way behind where you likely are. I am seeing on the news how bad the Mississippi is now with very low water levels, so curios your route down the waterways and where you will end up when finished? Really wish I can find your location on Nebo again....I love studying the route how this all works. Wondering if some day I might take a trip like this myself......
We'd highly recommend taking the trip if you are ever able, the entire trip is one big learning experience and their are just so many great memories so far. The Mississippi being low didn't affect Loopers too much, we are normally only on the M. for a few days and typically just one of those is anchoring. The channel is plenty deep, 20-30 feet or more! Cheers!
The higher elevation is probably why you’re feeling tired &/or sleepy. I couldn’t stay awake during any trips to the Mountains, especially if the elevation was sudden. (I missed Big Sur!)
Could definitely have been related, thanks Christi!
Why was the video mirrored during your Mambo #5 dance? lol! It was uncomfortable watching Elliot steer on what appeared to be the port side 😂
Haha you have a good eye 😂 we clipped the GoPro to the bimini upside down and flipped it in the edit lol
Been looking forward to the canal portion of your journey. Safe travels.
Thanks Newton 🤙
Love the dance. You guys are just too dang cute.
Aww haha thanks Deb 😁
Wonderful educational experience cruising! Love the food and the commentary. Wild how it was all dug. Holy cow!!
Holy Cow!! Thanks Jesse 😁
Note to self:
Wear my old ratty clothes when we go locking.
...When I get the opportunity to go on the Great Loop of course! 🤣
No, we never did do any fishing!
Wait till you reach the Trent severn waterway!
Most definitely! The Erie has blown our expectations out of the water though 😁
Favorite video by far, makes me want to do the Erie again!
And I think you owe the estate of Phil Rizzuto some $$$ after this video
Thanks so much Rit!
OMG !! HOLY COW!!!!!! That was a great vid! Waiting on the next one!
HOLY COW!!! haha, Thanks for watching Tony 😁
Erie canal is 363 miles long waterford to Buffalo. Not 524 miles long. We did the canal in little miss sunshine in 2019 .
Love your videos, thank you again.
Thank you for watching Michael!
Cool, I have spent time along the Canal. It's very historic. You neglected to show one neat thing - the actual "intersection" of the Erie and Champlain canals. It's two water channels intersecting at 90 degrees above the first lock.
Hi Steve! I think we showed that in the previous video!
Actually that part of the canal is the Mohawk River.
Just wondering on your journey are you going to come through the southern great lakes or are you going straight to the northern great lakes?
Seeing as the videos are a bit behind the actual dates, how far into the Great Lakes have you made it? I heard mention in an earlier video that you are trying for Chicago by end of season. Wonder how well that went as I am on Lake Michigan, and I know that we just had 15 plus footers last week.
Hi Eric! We made it through Chicago by mid-September. Feel free to check out our Sunday-Summary (schoandjo.com/sunday-summary) to find out more real time info alongside our thoughts for the past week!
Go get'm tiger (s)! Goodonyas!
Thanks Scott!
Hopefully you took in the Rideau Canal built in 1832 in Canada and or the Trent Severn Waterway where you get to experience the Peterborough Lift Lock, literally a tub that rises and the Port Severn marine railway where your boat is mounted on a rail cae in the water and lifted up a mountain and back down into Georgian Bay that connects to the North Passage to Mackinac Island at the North end of Lake Michigan and then on the Mississipi.
Definitely! Some of the Canadian locks this year were our favorite! Stay tuned to see when we pass through 😁
That map of the loop near the start is cursed! There is no great lakes!
Fancy gloves...😁
haha sometimes simple dish gloves do the trick! Was a recommendation from our friends Andy and Gwen 😁
I see you flimed this insert late June. I presume that you are almost done now, as it's late Oct now.
Getting there, checkout our sunday summary for where we are now, last week and our plans for the next week! schoandjo.com/sunday-summary
Currently in the Tennessee, Kentucky region 😁
I guess no charge 😅 not easy! But did great!
Thanks Kevin!
These locks aren't flight locks. Flight locks are connected to each other, like the twin flight locks on the welland canal.
You didn't see Cohoes Falls?
A little late for you, but fender boards are a real help when you're against a concrete wall. They slide up and down better than bare or covered fenders and protect your fenders. Lumber is cheap. Fenders, expensive!
We considered getting some, we thought we'd test out locking through without and see how it went and then creating some if we thought they would be needed. So far so good without them though! I can see how they would help though, cheers!
Did you play the Erie Canal song? Got a Mule her name is Sal, 15 miles on the Erie Canal. Had to do internet search but remember singing or hearing it in grade school. Also known as Low Bridge.
Bruce Springsteen, of course!
@@SchoandJo His came up but listened to some one else. Great talent but didn't want to give him a view. You can block me now. LOL
@@johnmarschalk1977 haha to each their own 😁
@@SchoandJo Yep. Love his music. Bought The River album in Dover, DE in '75? Liked cover. One of his bests. No clue as to any songs or who he was. Dover not famous for radio diversity back then. 1 station. Top 40 only. Could get Philedelphia on am if atmospheric conditions right. :)
And yes to each their own. Pretty sure we'd disagree politically but that doesn't mean I won't watch your trip. Think it's amazing. You 2 were born at the right time with internet, the affordable cameras and the ability to work remotely. Guess I could have taken pictures and written a book that wouldn't sell. :). Love you guys. Keep it going. Figure almost done or done. Mississippi River low so be careful. Can't wait until next video
A 30 foot lock, that's not very big compared to the locks on the Snake and Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest. Where did you kids get the financial backing for your journey?
Like most people, we work!
How many times have they changed the water in 200 years? I wouldn’t have had gloves for the lines.
Not sure, but they empty and clean the locks every year!
interesting at 14.47 your camera flipped the picture
Haha interesting!
Holy cow 🐄, no toll for the locks ?
Not this year! They waived it once again for 2022 😁
Did you pick up the holy cow thing in India? 😉
lol who knows !
Can one person navigate through the locks
Yes! We saw at least one Looper solo-ing the Erie Canal.
I was wondering because I'm going to try to do the loop next year. I waited to late to get a start this year. I follow several looper videos and I'm learning from each and every one of you. Thank you your great videos
9-1? What about church??
The flight of five or also known as the staircase….
Concrete canyons
Absolutely! Thanks Roy!
You guys better get a move on with these videos or we're going to get iced in for the winter in the Lakes.
You may be iced in for the Great Lakes but at least you can watch our videos to remember what it was like in season!
You are so informative! But, the complaining is tiresome. Sorry
Complaining?
@@SchoandJo Just someone complainin' 'bout 'complainin' 😎
@@cerealspiller HOLY COW...OMG...poor Bill had a keyboard 'hissy fit' moment...and I'd wager probably not the first time either that poor Bill got his undies in bunch being a keyboard warrior...just saying. Cheers...life is too short for anything else!
I recall asking you guys before about height restrictions for boats navigating The Erie Canal. Are there any maximum beam restrictions?
I think you'd hit the height or depth before you had to worry about beam, our friends in a 23ft beam catamaran did it if that helps 😁
@@SchoandJo You guys are the best!!! The catamaran I'm saving up for is at 24.9 feet of beam. It's been confirmed that 15 feet of air draft is the max if I want to navigate through the Erie Canal. Thanks again for your response. My wife is in love with your cute dog. Safe travels
Awesome job guys! Thanks for the shoutout and the shots of the Jackie B3 - here’s our blog from that day and shots of Pivot.
jackiebiiigoingloopy.blogspot.com/2022/06/waterford-flight-day-69.html
All the best!
Right on Mike! Hopefully others enjoy your blog! Cheers!