It's been two weeks since my last post......Lots has happened...both good and not so good.
We left Waterford early on Sunday September 16th traversing our last lock in Albany. We motored for about 5 hours to Catskill NY. We arrived at the Hop-O-Nose marina where our mast had been trucked to from Buffalo. We were assigned a slip and promptly went up the dock and into the yard to find and prepare our mast for stepping the next day.
Mid afternoon the next day, all that needed to be re-attached, new wires run through , and touch up paint in areas that had had wear were tasked Guy had to attend to himself.
I could only observe as I was injured from a fall on the bow pulpit the day before. My sore upper body was curtailing much of my activities.
Here he is......thinking to make sure it's all put back together.....He does not want to have to go up the mast once it's up.
He's ready for the owner of the marina to let him know it's time to get Miss Ellie to the hoist!
Not long after this pic was taken, the mast was stepped without event! Now, the electrical wires had to be re-connected from the bottom of the mast through part of the bilge and passed into a cupboard by the nav station.. The sails also have to be put on as well as tune the rigging.....
It rained all day Tuesday the 18th....The water running down from the mountains main the water look like chocolate milk. Guy continued readying the boat for our departure from Hop-O-Nose marina in the Catskills on Thursday morning......
The next morning, September 20th, we left early . It was fascinating to glide through the water in a mist coming up from the water.....Sorta magical!
Once the sun came out, we took in the scenery while enjoying a hot cup of coffee
These old, functional lighthouses are a great addition the the history of the Hudson River
While underway,Guy is on deck adding the radar reflector to a sheet. Boats made out of wood or fiberglass are not normally as visible on
radar systems as often as metal boats. A radar reflector can be used as a
way of making your boat more visible. If you have a non metallic boat
then people may find it very difficult to identify your boat on radar
systems, this can put us in unnecessary danger which is why radar
reflectors are so important.
This team of scullers were going fast...They beat us!
We stopped in Kingston on the Hudson. A pretty big boating community. We filled our diesel tank and had lunch at an Irish pub in town . Guy went to pamper himself at a "hot towel " barber shop where he also got a haircut. I guess his thoughts of a ponytail are just that A THOUGHT!
This is were I took my injury to a new level....I jumped off the boat, onto the dock to (maybe 8 ") to help with the docking maneuver.
Bad idea.....
This was a sailboat that was in pristine condition. It had come over from England .
One of the many bridges in the Hudson River.
On the one side of the Hudson were the commercial trains and on the other were the passenger trains...The night of the 21st, we tied the boat to some really old docks (carpeted with bird poop) in front of a restaurant on the Hudson.
No town...just a restaurant. If we ate there it was free.....The meal was good...We had a restful sleep in spite of the trains.......
More freighters
We arrived in Nyack on Friday September 21st. We tied to a mooring ball here for the next three days .
On Saturday the 22nd, my brother Roger arrived from Long Island NY where he lives and works We had "pasta alla vodka" on board , a few drinks and some laughs. He spent the night and we parted ways the next morning after breakfast. He went back home and I went to a clinic for xrays. The Dr. strongly recommended I immobilize my cracked sternum to start the healing process. Not an easy thing to do on a boat. Guy made arrangements to get me off the boat in Ney York city...20 nautical miles away.
Our approach to New York city at about 9:00 am Monday Sept. 24th
Here we are at The Liberty Landing Marina across from where the twin towers were prior to 911
We went for a walk....along the New Jersey waterway..........
This is a memorial remembering all of those from New Jersey that perished on 911.
It is situated so that you can see the new Tower of Freedom across the river
The next day, Tuesday September 25th, we took a ferry across the river to the city. We visited St. Paul's, a small church, at ground zero that escaped any damage from the 911 attack. It was shown in many pictures across the world covered in soot and later people would post pictures of their loved ones posted on it's rod iron fences.
We then walked in Central park and later took a subway to the New York Art Gallery and Museum.
It has an extensive collection of the worlds most famous artists...
I had to try a soft pretzel with mustard while in Central park
The New York Art Gallery and Museum
We got back to the boat from our day trip into the city at about 1700 hrs. We had purchased a few slices of pizza just before getting on the ferry. A cold beer and a pizza was perfect for dinner..
Tom C. arrived by van from Sarnia a few hours later. He will be helping Guy get the boat to Annapolis Maryland while I heal my sternum on land for the four days it will take them to get there.
I left in the van Wednesday Sept 26th early afternoon and drove to Chesapeake City. Stayed there for 2 nights then drove to a little town outside of Annapolis for 2 nights. Guy and Tom also left on the 26th.
Since I have not been on the boat for this leg of the cruise, I will be interviewing the captain and his first mate in the next blog!
