Another Newbie

[Spindrift NH]

Hello, I am the proud new owner of a 1988 Tall rig, wing keel 30. I have spent the past several months reading this forum and gaining a tremendous amount of great information which helped me purchase what I believe to be the right boat for me. Thank you.
Now that I own the boat, I have to move it from Lake Ontario to Lake Champlain, VT. I looked into truck transport but thought that was too expensive and have decided to use the NY canal system. Does anyone have experience navigating the canals?

 

[TENACITY CS36T]

This link should give you plenty of info!
http://nycanals.com/blog/

 

[Stu Jackson]

These friends, with a C34, did Chicago to the Bahamas, through the Erie Canal

http://www.clrmarine.com/210.html

also, Google "The Great Loop"

 

[gpd955]

Don't know if you ever get a chance to see Paul and Cheryl Shard on Distant Shores but a few of their episodes covered that. While it shouldn't be used as a navigation tool, obviously, the episodes and blog can give you a good idea as to what you'll be experiencing.

Here's a link to their blog and you can find episodes on iTunes as well.

http://www.distantshores.ca/boatblog/files/archive-sep-2008.html

Would love to make that trip in a few years!

 

[Spindrift NH]

Thanks for the links, the NY canals site has been very helpful and I'm interested in seeing "distant shores".
I've ordered a NOAA book of charts, will get the NY travel guide and the boat has a GPS so I think I'll be good on navigation.