Day 23 - August 12th

Today was going to be long day again. We departed Rome and our destination is Phoenix. Before crossing Onedia Lake we made a stop at Sylvan Beach at the eastern end of the lake. This is a real summer resort town with 4 miles of sandy beach, arcades, rides and all kinds of vendors and entertainment. This was also Jim's fuel stop and we are sure he likely drained their tanks. As we were about to leave Sylvan Beach, Bob's port engine again decided that it wanted to be difficult to start, so Bryan and ourselves headed out across the lake ahead of Jim and Bob. Bryan took advantage of the calm lake and put Lionheart up on plane and took off, while we continued on our normal pace. We almost made it across the lake before the mend job on the sync failed again, so as Jim puts it I now have to drive old school were we know the rpm of one engine and the adjust the other until they sound right. We called ahead to Brewerton Marina and  Ess-Kay but nobody had the part I needed so it's without sync the rest of the way home. Bob finally got going and has also ordered the parts he needs from NAPA and we will pick them up in Oswego. With the calm lake Bob also decided to spend a little time on plane, and the wake was impressive. Since Bryan and Chris were so far ahead of us they spent a little time at the Ess-Kay marina to see the stores. Our final stop for the day was Phoenix NY, which is home to the Bridge House Brats, a young group of kids who stay at the town dock to help boaters with most tasks such as hooking up to water, power or getting groceries.