Hudson River Waterford to Catskill Creek Tides Tuesday, September 26 was spent on the public dock at the base of the first lock of the "Waterford Flight". Barry spent the day re-connecting our water-pump in readiness for the upcoming salt water. The visitor's centre at the public dock in Waterford offers an excellent opportunity for the social networking that is so important to boaters. Here, beside the internet access, which seems to be so much a required tool for information, is a pot of coffee, ready to be shared along with conversation. The answers to most boater's questions can be found by the sharing of personal experience between each other. The ever important social networking - another lesson we learned well at CPS. We had our first rafting off experience as we offered our side to Charlie, Christine and Dave on board Wingspread (37' Oday) out of Midland. After checking the tide tables on our GPS, it was decided that an 0800 start the next morning would allow us the best opportunity to motor when the tide was ebbing as we made our way to Catskill Creek, 40 miles south on the Hudson river. Our friends on Wingspread set off with us into the misty morning. Approximately 5 miles out of our destination our water-pump seized once again. Barry had to by-pass it to run directly out of the river, once again in order to get us underway. Once we reached our destination of Hop-o-Nose Marina, we were successfully able to order a new water-pump that will be shipped to us here in 2 days. Hopefully that will put an end to the water-pump problem that has plagued us since Parry Sound in Georgian Bay. This will give us an opportunity to work on our other problems, which at the moment are our fridge and inverter. We've pretty much figured out that if it isn't one thing it will be another. Best not to let it get you down.