In a message dated 9/18/2005 10:32:52 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, skismx5@comcast.net writes: have a friend with a sail boat that wants to travel true the Erie Canal in a sail boat with a mast height of 42'. Does anyone know where he'll have take down the mast and where he can put it back up again? Cheers, Ski I have heard of sailboats taking down the mast at Catskill, NY on the Hudson and having it put back up at Wardell Boatyard in Tonawanda, NY at the western end of the canal. Alan Lloyd Great Circle Navigation Notes _www.NavigationNotes.com_ (http://www.navigationnotes.com/) Visit web site for more information.