Captain’s Log, Part 7
On September 5th, the Lois McClure left Oswego and headed home. In terms of ports-of-call, we were halfway there: Oswego was our twentieth stop out of forty. Number 21 was …
Museum
Renssalaer
by Tom Larsen The morning we left Half Moon, the Oocher decided it had done enough for the season, and refused to start. No amount of convincing would get it …
Half Moon
by Jean Belisle 24th of September, it is 7 in the morning but I can’t see anything A very thick fog is covering Amsterdam. But like magic around 9 a …
Canajoharie and Amsterdam
by Art Cohn We last visited Canajoharie in 2007, but I had been off the boat and missed the community named for a natural feature in the river. Today Canajoharie …
Fort Plain
by Carolyn Kennedy Monday, August 17th, the crew of the Lois McClure was greeted at the dock of Lock 15 in Fort Plain, NY by a welcoming committee including members …
St Johnsville
by Tom Larsen When the planning for a tour starts in the depths of winter, we reach out to communities that we may have missed the last time we came …
Life of a Volunteer aboard the LOIS MCCLURE
by Jeff Gorss THE VESSEL It’s been variously referred to as a sailing canal boat, a canal schooner, a schooner, a canal boat, the boat, the ship, the Lois, and …
When in Rome
by Ian Montgomery Leaving Phoenix, we had two days scheduled to cross Lake Oneida. Looking at the weather, we decided to cross the lake on the second of the two …
Phoenix
by Tom Larsen Leaving Oswego for Phoenix brought a shift in the feel of the tour. No longer were we in large water, where the horizon is unbroken by land. …
Captain’s Log, Part 6
On August 20th, we were ready to tackle Lake Ontario with the Lois McClure. I say tackle because Lake Ontario is Big Water, plenty big enough to get too rough …