CODA : onward on the Hudson River
27 September 2024
Pollapel Island, a/k/a, Bannerman's Island, anchorage, New York
Marc- Michael and I had a good breakfast of scrambled eggs and waffles with some fresh fruit and tea.
We left Catskill at 08:15 with a light Northerly breeze and a sunny sky. Great day for traveling on the Hudson River at first against the current and then using it to our advantage until it turned against us after we anchored. There were more beautiful lighthouses and some impressive private homes along the way. Even the power cable project has reached the Hudson with some interesting ships (rather larger than the tugs and barges on Lake Champlain). It was easy to reach the anchorage with the comments provided on the Navionics software even without any bouys or lights to guide us. We could see West Point Military Academy in the distance as we anchored.
The cables will be buried under the riverbed in a single pass using a towed burial tool called a jet plow. The jet plow uses high-powered streams of water to carve a trench and simultaneously lay cable. The cables will be buried at least seven feet below the sediment as required by the US Army Corps of Engineers issued in 2015.
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