Greetings, Vicki & I are planning to charter thought a canal company this summer, end of June/July time frame, to slowly cruise the Erie Canal and surrounding area. There will be just the two of us doing the complete trip with the possibility of family and friends joining us along the way. Has anyone done this thought a charter or in their own boat. We are looking for personnel experiences along the trip and/or dealings with charter companies. We realize past experiences with charter companies are no guaranty of what will happen next. We have chartered 5 times with AYC in Washington State, the first four were great and the last a disaster. So if you have any Erie Canal information and experiences please share, Thanks Phil and Vicki Stein MV MIDLIFE MADNESS 8604470428 pstein52@sbcglobal.net

Phil & Vicki We chartered through Mid Lakes Navigation (midlakesnav.com) a few years ago and had an excellent experience. We would recommend them highly. Dale Lauermann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Stein" <pstein52@sbcglobal.net> To: <great-loop@lists.samurai.com> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 9:19 AM Subject: GL: Erie Canal & Area > Greetings, Vicki & I are planning to charter thought a canal company this > summer, end of June/July time frame, to slowly cruise the Erie Canal and > surrounding area. There will be just the two of us doing the complete trip > with the possibility of family and friends joining us along the way. Has > anyone done this thought a charter or in their own boat. We are looking > for personnel experiences along the trip and/or dealings with charter > companies. We realize past experiences with charter companies are no > guaranty of what will happen next. We have chartered 5 times with AYC in > Washington State, the first four were great and the last a disaster. So if > you have any Erie Canal information and experiences please share, Thanks > > Phil and Vicki Stein > MV MIDLIFE MADNESS > 8604470428 > pstein52@sbcglobal.net > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop > > To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, > unsubscribe, etc.) go to: > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/options/great-loop

I agree, Mid-Lakes Navigation is a good place to rent a boat. I know the folks there personally, and they're all good people. I believe all the packet boats available for rental on the Erie Canal were actually built by Mid-Lakes, regardless of who has them now. Mid-Lakes also operates the tour boat Amita II, which you will definitely encounter on any canal trip. Fred Tug 44 At 12:17 PM 1/5/07 -0500, you wrote: >Phil & Vicki > >We chartered through Mid Lakes Navigation (midlakesnav.com) a few years ago >and had an excellent experience. We would recommend them highly. > >Dale Lauermann > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Philip Stein" <pstein52@sbcglobal.net> >To: <great-loop@lists.samurai.com> >Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 9:19 AM >Subject: GL: Erie Canal & Area > > >> Greetings, Vicki & I are planning to charter thought a canal company this >> summer, end of June/July time frame, to slowly cruise the Erie Canal and >> surrounding area. There will be just the two of us doing the complete trip >> with the possibility of family and friends joining us along the way. Has >> anyone done this thought a charter or in their own boat. We are looking >> for personnel experiences along the trip and/or dealings with charter > > >WARNING: The remainder of this message has not been transferred. >The estimated size of this message is 5277 bytes. >Click on the server retrieve icon above and check mail again to get the whole thing. If the server retrieve icon is not showing, then this message is no longer on the server.

Phil and Vicki, We chartered an Erie Canal Barge Boat this past September for a week and had a great time. You can read our Logs and view our photographs on our website listed below. Just scroll down to Erie Canal Cruise of 2006. We chartered from Erie Canal Cruise Lines because their boats were wider and offered more amenities. The other company is Mid Lakes Navigation which also has a good reputation. John and Judy Gill Two Js V, a 36 ft. Carver Mariner Slip E-26, Sassafras Harbor Marina, Georgetown, MD AGLCA Loopers Pennsway Power Squadron - USPS Life Members Orillia Power Squadron CPS-ECP Web site: < http://homepage.mac.com/twojscom/GreatLoop/ > On Jan 5, 2007, at 9:19 AM, Philip Stein wrote: > Greetings, Vicki & I are planning to charter thought a canal > company this summer, end of June/July time frame, to slowly cruise > the Erie Canal and surrounding area. There will be just the two of > us doing the complete trip with the possibility of family and > friends joining us along the way. Has anyone done this thought a > charter or in their own boat. We are looking for personnel > experiences along the trip and/or dealings with charter companies. > We realize past experiences with charter companies are no guaranty > of what will happen next.