If you want to get to the ocean quickly, I think taking the Lakes to Oswego, NY and joining the Erie
Canal there is the most expedient. This would be about 8 days in the Canal and Hudson River. An
easy enough trip, but with 33 locks you probably want a crew for this stretch. In the "Delivery"
section of my website there's a description and pics.

More scenic would be to go down the St. Lawrence to Lake Champlain and then on to the Hudson. This
would add several travel days, but you'd be tempted to linger more. Going all the way out the
Seaway would be a lot longer, but would include some of the most beautiful cruising grounds in the
world. Timing gets a little hard - this is definitely not a Winter trip. And radar is very handy.

-jeff www.sv-loki.com

"Schoonertrash" wrote in message ...
Next trip I'm leaving the Pacific but not by way of Panama. Plan to truck
the boat from Vancouver BC to Lake Superior and work my way East. There are
three major choices. Leave the lakes at Chicago and go S. on the
Mississippi. I'll pass on that one. Leave the seaway and travel through
Pennsylvania and New York for the Atlantic and then South. Go down the
whole St. Lawrence Seaway and then turn South for some coastal scenery. To
compound the issue I have friends I'd like to visit in the
Connecticutt/Massachusetts area. Not so far from NYC for a side trip.

The boat is a 33' LOA Westerly twin keeler with cathedral mast so height is
not a restriction. I will be singlehanding unless somebody pops up here and
there to help crew.

So between my two major choices what are your suggestions? Which way . ..
and why. What time of year is best considering I'm starting somewhere N. of
Duluth.

MST