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.
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