Amsterdam to St Johnsville, NY

The blue Windy app predicts gusts to 30 MPH in the afternoon on the nose, which generates chop that can hide logs etc. We were underway at 0730 for 30 miles and docked at the St Johnsville city marina by 11 AM just as the wind was picking up. 31 miles and a pleasant cruise averaging 23 MPH. The Mohawk river is wide here and it's easy to avoid other traffic. Very little commercial traffic. There is a Tom Cat adequate boat ramp that could make this a candidate for a segment loop. We walked into town, which is suffering the common post industrial effects of many others after an anchor large carpet company shut down. We got gas because all these small marinas only have one pump, so if it's offline you need to make it to the next one. The $1 per foot transient rate is average for the area and an embayment provides partial wake protection. We have a $120 freshwater Tow Boat US in addition to SeaTow on the inland rivers. We've been air conditioning during the heat of the day, but at night it drops into the 50's and we often run the portable heater for a while before breakfasts.Read more