Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Another Foggy Day

The weatherman hit this forecast pretty much right on the money today.  We started with a bunch of fog again.  Not a heavy as yesterday, but we did have a short delay.  We got off the dock from Shady Harbor at 7:15 this morning and ran down the Hudson River about 10 miles before we got socked in with fog.  Fortunately for us, the Hudson Boat Association Club was right at the beginning of the fog.  They had a nice floating dock with plenty of space for our 43-footer to tied up until the fog lifted.
About 30 minutes later after a nice breakfast, the fog lifted and we were on our way again.  We were told at Shady Harbor Marina that the river would be closed all day today due to construction work on the Tappan Zee Bridge.  We checked various web sites and notice to mariners and they were right.  The river was supposed to be closed to all vessel traffic.  We were going to go down to Haverstraw and stop for the day.  As we got closer to the bridge, we didn’t hear any word from the Coast Guard.  That is very unusual as they typically have repeated informational updates on channel 22A.  Not a peep from anyone on the radio.  We called Haverstraw Marina to see if they had any additional information and to make our transient reservation.  They said that the river was open and we would have no problem to get through.  So on down the river we went.
No problem is an understatement.  There was construction around the new bridge, but we went through without any issue.  About an hour later, we were in New York Harbor.  The weather at this point began to go south.  The wind started to pick up and the water was beginning to get very unsettled.  We initially tied up at Lincoln Harbor Yacht Club.  After about 30 minutes there, we very quickly decided that there was too much wave action from the river and the marina itself was not well protected.
We untied the lines and made our way to Liberty Landing.  A much better choice for a long stay due to a weather delay.  We were able to fuel up before going into our slip.  We quickly got the boat settled into its new home for the next 3 days.  We had a cold beverage to toast our success before I needed to head for the airport to make my way back to NC.
I will keep close tabs on the crew of Reel’n in the Years for the remainder of their trip.  I’m sorry I couldn’t finish out the trip with them, but I am confident they will have a successful trip down to Carolina Beach.  We already covered 1,350 miles to this point so they only have about 650 miles to go.  Once the weather clears, they should be able to complete the trip in 4 days.
Thanks again to all who followed along.
 Fog

 More fog

 Fog starting to lift

 Bear Mountain Bridge



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