Every now and then I get it right. Just like that broken clock on the wall. Actually they had the canal running back in November. All locks were working then already and they opened for a week or so to let stuck boats in and out. Some of the locks on the eastern Erie Canal may look a bit nasty, but they'll be prettied up shortly. Just got my engine started, fresh water filled, etc etc. All is well, except the fresh water pump is not feeling so well. No big deal, takes about 10 minutes to change it out. Now what the heck did I do with my canal pass? Fred Tug 44 ---------------------------------------- From: "Bill Donovan" <trailersource@mindspring.com> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 5:34 PM To: "Great Loop List" <great-loop@lists.trawlering.com> Subject: GL: NY Canals Well, Fred, you were right and I was wrong about the Canal Corp getting the canal open by May 1st in spite of the flooding. I am glad I was wrong!! Bill At 01:32 PM 4/27/2012, fred@tug44.org wrote: >The NY Canals ARE opening early this year, Saturday morning ... tomorrow >morning! > >Just in time for me ... yes! > >Yep, it's been a very fine day. > >Fred >Tug 44 >