You will travel in comfort, safety, and style aboard Erie-Champlain Canal Boat Company’s fleet of custom-designed boats. Descending from a long heritage of European and American boat building, each vessel - with its classic lines, rugged steel hull, brass trimmings and rich colors ­ has its own personality and charm. They are rented to you fully equipped, providing the ideal floating home away from home for enjoyable hours of tranquil cruising.

Erie-Champlain Canal Boat Company offers you an enchanting way to experience a world few people ever have a chance to see. Experience an open textbook of history as you pass through the waterways and countryside. A self-captained boating vacation spells quality time for friends and family to discover and explore new places at a gentle pace in the privacy of your own boat.

Unlike mariners of yesteryear, you will travel in comfort; safety and style while indulging in the pastimes you enjoy most. Awaken to the crisp fresh air of a summer’s morning as the smell of coffee lures you to breakfast with shipmates on the fantail. The mist clears revealing a lovely day ahead for hiking along scenic trails, a round of golf, touring historic places or just cruising along waterways that abound in wildlife and splendid scenery. The cruising season begins on June 1st and ends on a colorful note with peak fall foliage throughout October. Weekly charters depart on Saturdays at 8:00 a.m. and return the following Friday by noon. Early arrivals may stay on the boat on Friday evening for an additional charge of $100 (subject to availability). Special arrangements may be made for extended charters.