Built locally in 1943. The smaller boat was built in 1937 to deliver
mail around the lake and, AFAIK, is still used for that.
Chuck Norcutt
On 10/24/2010 4:46 PM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> Looks like a fun trip. Love the boat.
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> On Oct 24, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
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>> I think I mentioned about a month ago having gone to Skaneateles Lake
>> with some friends to have dinner aboard a little cruise boat.
>> Skaneateles is one of the smaller Finger Lakes at 16 miles (26 km) long.
>> The cruise runs the full length of the lake and back. The dinner was
>> very good and was delivered to the boat after preparation by a chef at
>> one of the local restaurants. The wine was also very good and came from
>> one of the local vineyards that surround Skaneateles Lake
>> <http://www.anyelasvineyards.com/> and the other Finger lakes of New York.
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>> The photo series starts out showing the approach to the lake by car from
>> the south. The village of Skaneateles where the boat is docked is on
>> the north end of the lake. We arrived well ahead of time for dinner so
>> had plenty of time to wander around the waterfront to see the pier and
>> boats as well as check out the old hotel and the memorial park which has
>> plaques covering the wars from the US Civil War through Vietnam. My
>> wife is the one in the white top and we both appear in 5497. There are a
>> few shots aboard the boat or from the boat. The one with the five
>> laughing women (who are unknown to me) was a birthday celebration but no
>> one had brought a camera. So I obliged (sans flash) and told them I'd
>> send them their photo. That and the following photos are shot at ISO
>> 3200 and then some of them are pushed well beyond that. Pretty noisy
>> and not fixed.
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>> Totally OT. Canyon 5D with Tamron 24-135/3.5-5.6 or Tamron
>> 20-40/2.7-3.5 (especially as it got very dark).
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>> <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/Dinner%20Cruise%20on%20Skaneateles%20Lake/index.htm>
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>> Dr. Sans Flash
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