Photo 1 dam at Waterford lock.
Photo 2 Schenectady Yacht Club.
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After another great breakfast at "Don & Paul's, George returned our car, and at 9:15 a.m. we departed the dock to do the "Waterford Flight". This is a series of five locks through which we were lifted 169 feet within a two mile span. This was accomplished by entering the lock and tying a midship line around a cable on the wall. When the lock was flooded, Pat paid out the line as we lifted while sister Pat and Al used boat hooks to fend us off the wall. After this series, we passed through one more lock before we arrived at the Schenectady Yacht Club in the early afternoon. In the evening we enjoyed watching the club members come and go from their Thursday night barbecue at on the dockmaster's porch. Onboard we had a luscious "Captain's Welcome Dinner" prepared by George , toasted our trip with Vive Clicquot champagne given to us by Father Tony, while Baroque music played on our CD player. Obviously we were "roughing it!"
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