CODA: Leaving Catskill for Waterford

   12 June 2023

Hop-O-Nose Marina

Catskill, New York

Streaming North on the Hudson with John Gilmartin at the helm.  Note the reduced speed fighting a 2 knot current.

Marc-  Crew change today: I will miss Bob a lot for his knowledge, technical expertise and friendship.  Welcome aboard John Gilmartin who drove down from Stamford, Vermont.  

Preparation is the key to success as well as tipping the help.  We were first to get our mast lowered in a long line up of sailboats either getting masts raised (heading to the Atlantic, or lowered headed inland).  The marina owner sent out his staff to see who was ready and CODA was picked.  Some boats had mast supports that looked like a house of cards ready to collapse.  Bob helped guide me in dealing with the many wires going to the mast instruments seen on the photos below:

Some wires are marked.

Most wires are not marked.

Bob suggested photos with hand drawn wiring diagrams.  You may think it easy, just match the colors, except the colors repeat in the same wiring harness.

We arrived at the Federal Lock at Troy at 19:45 but could not raise the Army Corps of Engineers attendant on the radio.  I found his phone number on line and he answered his cell phone immediately.  Next stop was Waterford where we found the last spot on a very long wall.  Fortunately boaters on the adjoining boats helped us back in to the tight spot.  John and I celebrated by going to McInveys, the local Irish Pub, for dinner.