Your most happy captain preparing himself to depart Haverstraw.
Looking back at the Hudson Water Club (Part of the Haverstraw Marina complex) where we had dinner with Mark, Sylvia, Rosie and Don the night before.
The Indian Point Power Plant at Buchanan, NY on the east shore of the Hudson. This is one of four in the region that has public pressure to do less harm to the aquatic environment from their huge cooling water discharges. Many lawsuits etc.
Storm squall that happened just south of West Point. This is part of a system that took down some trees on shore and did some other damage. We got into zero visibility briefly with the amount of rain and force of the wind. I believe it was shortly after this that we decided to keep the plastics up that close the gap between the upper edge of the windshield and the bimini top.
One of the many spectacular views of West Point. This is only a little portion of it.
Typical view along the Hudson River. I felt like Captain Henry Hudson here.
Bannerman's castle on Bannerman's Island just south of our destination, Newburgh, NY. Here is a link to its history. http://www.dupontcastle.com/castles/bannerma.htm .
It does not show here but it was about as windy a harbor situation as we ran into up to this point. We made a couple of attempts to get into the finger dock we were assigned but were not successful either time. Our next assignment was the face dock on the north side. This I could do! All boats that came in this day did not get docked damage free.
This sign was for real. It was put there because of an 80+ year old gentleman who insisted on wearing his which caused many grimaces and complaints from the local ladys. This was the solution to the problem.
Other problems at Newburgh were caused by an over exuberant local staff of official vessels harrasing the boaters. Local law enforcement from various agencys. There were instances of a single boater being stopped for safety inspecions multiple times on the same day. Needless to say, this kind of behaviour on the part of law enforcement is not productive. I asked about it and I was told it had its start when the stimulus money started to appear and was looking for places to find itself. That was the local observation. We saw constant presence of many official boats but fortunately they left us alone.
Don and Mark enjoying a cold beverage aboard the Salt Shaker. The ladys were out shopping. They told us it was for groceries and provisions. We were confident that the mechainical repair parts we ordered for the boats would be correctly obtained.
Best I could do as far as the exposure setting was concerned. This is one of the many ferrys that criss cross the Hudson, picking up commuters and dropping them off, going to and from work and for their other various purposes. There is an Amtrak and a local service train station on the East side of the river. The full moon added its touch to the night.
Sylvia on the stern of Heavenly Ours as we were departing Newbergh. Mark has many interesting storys about the various things that can happen in the engine room of a vintage boat.
On to Troy, NY
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