I Found Echo in Riverhead on Long Island. It was love at first sight. With her shoal draft keel and her keel to displacement ratio of 50% she reminded me of my Victoria 18. I knew she'd handle like a dream long before I saw her in the water.

Moving the boat to Champlain was quite a project. After much research and advise, I finally decided to avoid the tidal flows in the East River and have her trucked past NYC and up the Hudson a bit. I found a well equiped marina in Coeymans Landing, about an hour from my home, and had the boat delivered there for launching.

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The next morning my son joined me and we headed north on the first leg of the journey to Champlain. We had to catch a flood tide to negate the flow of the Hudson so we left at 9AM. By noon we reached the first lock on the hudson putting us out of reach of tides and currents. The following pictures are scenes along the Hudson as we passed Albany and Troy.

A really cool octagonal house.

A riverboat that reminded me of Dutch canal boats.

A bit of the Albany skyline with the old train station in the foreground.

That's the Troy town dock with a brewery and pub right behind it.

A little north of Troy we saw our first Eagle.

The Federal Lock north of Troy ends the tidal influence in the river.

Just a bit north of the Lock we spotted this Cormorant.

Eagles Nest.

Another Eagle.

Approaching a canal lock.

Cruising up the Champlain canal.

Passing some locals.

At the North end of the canal I arrived at the Lock 12 Marina. It marks the end of the Champlain canal and the beginning of mast clearance all the way to Canada. So I had my mast raised, took a hot shower, had a steak dinner that couldn't be beat and slept like a baby till the next morning.

Dawn on Champlain the next morning. 40 miles to Port Henry.

It was damp, chilly and misty.

The sun finally came up over the mountains and the day started to warm.

The Dresden Narrows.

The booming Metropolis of Dresden.

The Crown Point Ferry. Just beyond the ferry, at the base of those mountains is Port Henry, Echo's new home port and the end of this journey.

Finally tied up in its new home.