Farewell Fair Haven

Farewell Fair Haven

We have been asked by many of our friends and family members if we planned to set up a blog to report the highlights of Dalliance's Journey.  Although we had discussed it devoting time to set it up was low on the list of priorities.  However, fate interevened closing the Oswego River locks 0-8 from 8/23 thru the morning of 8/27 which is the time of this posting.  We have been waitng for the locks to open since our arrival in Oswego Harbor @ 5:50PM on 8/24.  We've put the time to very good use and our blog is now on line.  A few highlights of our journey thus far include an aborted docking attempt on the west wall of the Oswego River tuesday evening.  Several large trawlers and one sailboat were tied up leaving only room on the floating dock in front of Coleman's Pub.  Upon our approach we noticed the dock was pitching 8-10" from the river's extremely strong current.  A man from one of the trawlers took our bow line but did not get it on a dock cleat.  Dalliance's bow was being pulled in toward the dock while her stern was being pushed up river by a counter current.  All crew remained calm and the skipper "politely" asked the man to release the bow line.  Dalliance's three bladed prop provided sufficient power to fight the current, turn us around in mid river and bring us to the safety of the OYC dock.  OYC offers the first night free for reciprocals at the southern most dock in the International Marina complex.  If you stay beyond the one night you need to register with International Marina.  Fees are $1.50 per foot and include power and water hook ups.  The Marina is not well protected from northery winds.  During our hold over in Oswego we have met a number of people who have made multiple trips south to the Florida keys and the Bahamas.  We'd like to give special mention to Slade and Sue aboard Sojouner a Defever 44 trawler.  Slade and Sue spent over three hours with Kris and I yesterday afternoon briefing us on marinas, anchorages and services from NY Harbor to Lake Worth Florida.  Additionally, they introduced us to the ActiveCaptain.com website as well as CruisersNet.net.  We looked at both and the information is excellent.  Stay tuned for our next posting