9-27 and 9-28-2010 St. Catherines, ON and Olcott, NY

We went through the Welland Canal Locks (8 locks) on the 27th.  We started at 6:45 AM and made it out of the last lock at about 7:00 PM.  The first lock dropped us 5 feet.  The other 7 dropped us 45 feet in each lock.  It went very smooth.  I guess going up in the locks is much more challenging.  Half of our time was spent next to the locks waiting for the commercial shipping boats.  We went through with two other power boats.  We spent the night is St. Catherines, Ontario.

                                            The color of Fall on the Canal.

One of the locks had a floating device the we tied to.

One of the locks

Tied up in front of one of the locks waiting the the a big ship to exit.

The boat docked at Olcott Beach.

Kyle with the catch of the day.

On the 28th we sailed to Olcott Beach, NY and checked in with US Customs via a video phone in the Newfane Marina.  It was a short day of close hauled sailing.  The winds were predicted to pick up to 25 knots with gusts of 40 in the afternoon, so we decided to make it a short day and got in at about 1:00 PM as the winds started picking up to 20 knots.  This is another resort town with not much open this time of year , but there were several bars open.