L61/H85 Clear, calm, sunny.
Dep. Sylvan B. 09:15 Arr. Brewerton, NY 12:05
21.7sm/492.7m
The trip across Onieda Lake was calm and eneventful. Right down the middle with a shoal to port which seems to harbor some fish because that's where the fisherman were. The only odd thing we ran into was one red nun bouy that seemed off station. The charts showed 18' of water to the right, and only 8' of water to the left, which is the correct way to pass this bouy. We passed to the right as the channel was deeper and wider. Keep a couple of islands to port, go under a couple of bridges, and there lies Brewerton. We stopped at Ess-Kay Marine, one of 3 highly recommended boat yards within less than 1 mile. Later that afternoon they hauled the boat to reveal the damage from whatever we hit. There were a couple of dings on the prop, and except for the slight leak, the rudder looked good. My sister Pat picked us up, we visited Mom, and spent the first of 3 nights with my sister. Tues we borrowed (more like commandeered) her car and I drove the prop to the only repair shop around, in Canandaigua, NY., and left it with them for a Thurs. delivery to Ess-Kay.
DAY 18 TUES. JUNE 20 2011
The rudder was removed and I was hanging around, so they sent me to Syracuse to find 4 very large ss screws they didn't have. When I got back with slotted screws, they said they had those, they wanted phillips head screws. I think they just wanted to get rid of me as they had the rudder all apart when I got back.
DAY 19 WED. JUNE 21, 2011
Did I mention the microwave on the boat stopped working? We went to Lowes, WalMart, Home Depot, and Best buy. No one had a microwave less than 10" high which is what we needed to get into the existing opoening. The only alternative was to make the opening larger, so we went back to the boat and Pat said, maybe the problem is just the outlet. Natrually I said the light comes on so it can't be the outlet. With that she plugs the old one in and VOILA!......................it works! When I explain it probably started working from all the bouncing around it had Pat said I told you so. So we returned the new one and re-installed the old one, and needless to say, 3 days later it stopped working. See, I told you so.
That night my sister served us "salt potatoes" with dinner. Salt Potatoes are a curious dish nobody outside of the Syracuse area ever heard of. They are served in resturaunts and sold in supermarkets. They were originated by the Irish salt miners. Seems they didn't have much time for lunch while they were boiling the brine to extract the salt, so they would cook their potatoes in the brine vats. This very high concentration of salt raised the boiling temp. which results in a very creamy texture, but you must have small new potatoes. They are, surprisingly, not salty, and the best part is, the next morning you take the cold potatoes, flatten them with your hand, and fry them in oil for breakfast. The recipe is simple, 5lbs. of small new potatoes boiled with 1.25 c. salt.
DAY 20 WED. JUNE 22, 2011
See Tues June 21, 2011.
DAY 21 THURS. JUNE 22, 2011
The prop arrives, the boat goes back in, but we need a few more things done. Remember the hose from the head. It takes 2 of us 3 hrs. to replace.
Tomorrow, we leave.
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