CODA : down on the lower Hudson River
28 September 2024
Edgewater Municipal Marina, Edgewater, New Jersey
View of Manhattan from our slip (NYC literally glows in the dark).
Marc- Michael and I started the day off with the usual scrambled eggs, English muffins and coffee. Then we were on our way again but this time with favorable wind and tide. I raised both the main and genoa and by the time we reached Haverstraw Bay we no longer needed the engine. We did take the sails down to refuel at Panco Marine. Very neat place behind a NY City Fireboat. Michael and I discussed where to spend the night and his first thought was Edgewater (MIchael was born and raised in Edgewater). A few phone calls later we had arranged for a slip at the Edgewater Municipal Marina (MIchael went to school with both the Mayor and the Marina Manager). I will tell the rest of the story through my photos.
Our first place of interest were these intake pipes just above West Point on the Hudson River.
This is part of NYC's water supply intake in an emergency (apparently the
Hudson is fresh water above West Point).
West Point Military Academy
Cadet's in training on the lawn.
Sailing on the Hudson
Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant (now inactive) and a freight dock.
Visibility greatly decreased after the Tappen Zee Bridge due to fog and rain.
The wind also increased to 15 to 20 knots.
Out of the mist sailed Pete Seeger's magnificent sloop Clearwater. The Clearwater was, and still is, part of an effort to clean up the Hudson River. Pete Seeger is a famous folk singer with many hits such as "If I had a hammer", "This land is your land", "Turn Turn! Turn!, and dozens of others. Seeger planted the seed that started Hudson River Sloop Clearwater when he and a few friends, decided to “build a boat to save the river” with the belief that a majestic replica of the sloops that sailed the Hudson in the 18th and 19th centuries would bring people to the river where they could experience its beauty and be moved to preserve it. The sloop sails the Hudson River from New York City to Albany as a “Sailing Classroom”, laboratory, and musical stage.
I thought it was a pirate ship sailing out of a fog bank.
The George Washington Bridge crossing the Hudson River from NYC to Edgewater ,New Jersey (on a clearer day than today). The Municipal Marina is one mile South of the Bridge. The Marina Manager strongly suggested that we arrive at half tide or better. We found our slip and became a bit stuck in the mud six feet from the dock. Fortunately CODA has a large propeller and diesel engine that backed us out and then back into the slip despite the mud. A good thing about soft mud is that waves no longer toss the boat much. We will plan on leaving this place at high tide.
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