Reached The Hudson River
12 August 2012 | Waterford, NY
Sunny and Warm, light winds, 1/2 kt current downstream
Locks 12 - 2
We were the only boat on the dock at the Riverlink. It seems that it has been a slow season. No one seems to know if it is the economy or why there is a lot less boat traffic this year.
We took advantage of the shower facilities again and filled our water tanks and pumped out. We cast off from Riverlink at 8:07 AM, hoping to get to the Hudson.
11:20 AIS showed first target in canal Bodyguard, MMSI 24462186, from Netherlands
2150 rpm for 6 kts GPS, but knot meter shows 5.5 through water for .5 current.
11:38 lots of PWC, small boats - fishing etc. First time for this much boat traffic. Nice day and Sunday.
Skipper of Xanadu - Rick and his wife Katy - were at Schenectady YC leaving some T-shirts with the dock master. Rick commented on our boat name, but new about Mercator Projection and how long to get to Bahamas. I explained about cat boat naming. He left SYC and was E/B and caught up with us at Lock 7. Said he was perhaps going to Albany, however they welcomed us when we arrived in Waterford at 4:30 PM.
Jim at Welcome Centre was very hospitable.
Bella Stella was also docked at the welcome Centre before us. Apparently they passed us yesterday afternoon when we were moored at Amsterdam and they stayed at lock 8 for the night. We had been told that due to the reconstruction after the damage from last year's Hurricane Irene that came through last September boats could not moor at the locks.
We went out for supper at Mcgreivey's in Waterford. The food was like homemade, with huge portions. Vida had salmon and I had the prime rib.
We met Jeff and Mary Pernick from SV Echo Beneteau, hailing from Detroit, MI, were kind enough to let me access their Internet.
Went to bed early and decided to sleep in tomorrow and perhaps take a day off.