Jack Tar Adventures

Sarah Kiefhaber

Sun June 28 Healy Falls to Otanabee River Anchorage (lock #T18 Hastings)

Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/6ec63bb8-a412-4256-b233-b4fcd3303d61 We only had to go through one lock today, but oh,…
Sat June 27 Percy Reach to Healy Falls lock wall (locks T8-17)

Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/3fd5c3df-2481-4191-a3fd-ed0477a1205f This was a LONG day of locking. We locked with Under…
June 26: Trenton to Percy Reach Lock Wall (locks T1-7)

Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/ac283cdc-50f9-47d9-9dcb-bc507fbb655d We started our journey north on the Trent-Severn Waterway today and…
Wed & Thurs June 24 & 25: Wilton Point to Trenton ON (Trenton Port City Marina)

Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/03fefacb-b34d-4658-a5d8-f6efe5888fd7 June 24: Usually, dropping and pulling the anchor is my job.…
Tues June 23: Gananoque to Wilton Point Anchorage in Jay Bay ON

Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/7689042f-e59c-4d60-8a77-c9963df82f78 Tues June 23: Gananoque to Wilton Point Anchorage in Jay Bay…
Sun & Mon June 21 & 22: Clayton NY to Gananoque Ontario

Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/49c4ff8a-f21a-4060-89ac-1781fbcb08a0 June 21: We left the Clayton marina at the same time…
Tues-Sat June 16-20: Clayton NY (Boldt Castle)

Note to my subscribers (all 12 of you!): I have chosen not to send emails each…
Mon June 15: Cape Vincent NY to Clayton NY

Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/72f6518b-dc80-49e0-8041-381e669f364f It was breezy, cool, and overcast this morning. We were anxious…
Sat & Sun June 13 & 14: Oswego NY to Cape Vincent NY (lock O8 and across Lake Ontario)

Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/3816d6ab-b6fb-463d-8cfc-e39f8c8ff8ac June 13: We went through the last lock on the Oswego…
Fri June 12: Brewerton NY to (locks E23 & O3–7) to Oswego NY

Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/f0a7406a-3257-4b48-a108-8c7f542c7785 This morning, we did our last lock on the Erie Canal,…
Wed & Thurs June 10 & 11 Sylvan Beach to Brewerton NY (crossing Lake Oneida)

Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/c91d5f2c-1a31-41ac-9834-3d173a5f11fe Wed June 10: Sylvan Beach to Brewerton NY The morning was…
Tues June 9: Little Falls NY to Sylvan Beach NY (locks E18-22)

Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/e319268e-11c2-4a03-bc86-391fb6e9a6b0 We had a glorious morning! Sixty-five degrees and sunny. We spotted…
Mon June 8: Amsterdam NY to Little Falls NY (locks E11-17)

Link to our route for the day: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/7a09e11a-6548-4f49-9b4b-37b66942f013 We hit our first Lock for the day…
Sun June 7: Amsterdam NY

Another day in Amsterdam. It’s too windy for the locks, and now more thunderstorms are expected…
Sat June 6: Amsterdam NY

Well, the thunderstorms they called for didn’t materialize until about six this evening, so we could…
Fri June 5: Scotia NY to Amsterdam NY (locks E8-9)

The nebo link didn’t work today 😦 Today we did locks 8-10. By lock#9, the wind…
Thus June 4: Troy NY to Scotia NY (Federal lock 1; locks E2-7)

link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/d8bc80e5-a541-4997-9f2a-232fe046fb7e Happy Birthday, Mummy! Hope you have a good celebration with the…
Tues June 2 & Wed June 3: Troy NY

We took a couple of days to reprovision, wash the boat down (there was a lot…
Mon June 1: New Baltimore NY to Troy NY (Troy City Dock)

The super helpful staff at Donovan’s got us sprung off on yet another windy day with…
Sun May 31: Poughkeepsie NY to New Baltimore NY (Donovan’s Shady Harbor Marina)

As we were getting ready to leave the slip this morning, the wind had died down…
Sat May 30: Poughkeepsie NY

Peter and I were both woken by a howling wind from the north at 2 AM…
Fri May 29: Croton-on-Hudson NY to Poughkeepsie NY (Shadows Marina)

The weather was glorious this morning, and the Hudson River was smooth for our whole journey.…
Thurs May 28:Atlantic Highlands NJ to Croton NY (includes NY Harbor)

Our anchorage got pretty rocky in the morning, so we decided to head out about 8…
Wed May 27: Atlantic City NJ to Atlantic Highlands NJ (Sandy Hook anchorage)

Peter was up early again to check on the fog, which thankfully dissipated even earlier than…
Tues May 26: Cape May to Atlantic City, Brigantine anchorage

Up at 5:30 this morning to check the conditions. We could hardly see the marina from…
Mon May 25: Cape May NJ

On Saturday, the waves were six to eight feet high on the Atlantic, and on Sunday,…
Sat May 23: Cape May NJ

The wind continues to be strong and relentless. Good thing we’re wearing ourselves out during the…
Wed May 20 – Fri May 22: Cape May NJ

Well, we beat feet down here (beat prop, beat rudder?) so that we could hit the…
Tues May 19: Bear DE to Cape May NJ (Canyon Club Marina)

Stress-free departure this morning – not – almost touched bottom in the channel back out to…
Mon May 18: Worton Creek to Summit North Marina in Bear DE

Beautiful, cool, calm, glassy morning to start the day. We left the Chesapeake Bay and started…
Sun May 17, 2026: Deale MD to Worton Creek

Underway at 8:55 AM! A bit of a slow start as we had to get into…