Friends Good Will Sloop

Great Lakes Newest Tall Ship

South Haven Michigan

Basic Specifications

Pictures Building

Trip Home Eire Canal

Trip Home Great Lakes

MichiganMaritimeMuseum

Scarano Boat Building

South Bend Replicas

Eire Canal Trip

Friends Good Will Sloop Trip Home

Maiden Voyage

Day One on the way up the Hudson

Section of old Carnal at Waterford

Day 1 August 29 2004 11:17 Castoff from Albany NY on the Hudson River First set of locks on the Eire Canal Waterford Flight Of Five ( the greatest height in the shortest distance of any canal in the world)
Lock 2 to 11moored above lock 11 at 2203
http://www.canals.state.ny.us/maps/map6.html

The Canal Song

I got a mule, her name is Sal,
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal!
She’s a good old worker and a good
Old pal, fifteen miles on the Erie Canal!
We’ve hauled some barges in our day,
Filled with lumber, coal and hay, And we
Know every inch of the way, from Albany
To Buffalo. Low bridge, everybody down
Low bridge ‘cause were coming to a town.
And you’ll always know your neighbor and
And you’ll always know your pal, if you
Ever navigated on the Erie Canal

DAY TWO AUGUST 30 2004

Heavy rains trees logs and other Junk in the canal. Many of the flood Gates open
making it harder to get in the locks Stopped Sylvan Beach At 2250

http://www.canals.state.ny.us/maps/map5.html

Day 3

August 31, 2004 -- Recent heavy rainfall has left many of the lakes and rivers which comprise the
New York State Canal System swollen

http://www.canals.state.ny.us/maps/map4.html

Day 4

http://www.canals.state.ny.us/maps/map2.html

Day5






Open water at Last

The End Leg one




The last sail of the season South Haven Mi 21 September 2002

http://www.canals.state.ny.us/maps/map1.html

End

For more information about Friends Good Will, call the Michigan Maritime Museum at 269-637-8078, or 800-747-3801, or visit the Museum’s Website www.MichiganMaritimeMuseum.org.

A Schoonerman Page