Shifting from Blue to Green
The shift from watery residents to land bound creatures has been slow. We moved onto the Mabel Rose two weeks before departing. Again the shift from blue to green had taken time. Sometimes the paddle to shore is easy over the glassy river and other...
Nyack Boat Club Opening Day
Today was opening day for the 115th season of the Nyack Boat Club founded in 1909. The Club continues its tradition of maintaining accessibility to the community through modest dues and member work obligations.
Two years ago, on opening day...
Two years ago, on opening day...
Home Are the Sailors
After all the many ocean miles, we had a fairly uneventful trip up the New York Bay and Hudson River. We hit Sandy Hook just as the 0400 flood tide began, and even sailed for half an hour across the lower bay, pinching up to let the Vienna Express container...
The Hudson is our Awa
Today we left the ocean behind and began drove our boat up our river towards our beloved mountains to greet our tribe, To catch the fair tide up the river we had to be at the little blue triangle at the edge of Ambrose Channel used by large cargo...
Motoring Through the Mists of the Jersey Shore
Our radar stopped working on the overnight last night. It just shut down and disconnected from the chartplotter display at first. Then it wouldn’t power up - the network just didn’t seem to talk to the radar anymore. I thought maybe it was a low voltage...
Jersey Girl, Traffic and Boobies
I spotted the Jersey Girl long before the alarms started going off and took evasive action but of course Jersey Girl had more to say. The dense grey fog surrounded us and I could only see 50' in any direction. When you sail in dense fog you can hear the...
