It was another early start from Catskill in order to catch the current headed down the Hudson. We left the dock at 5:30 - not quite light but plenty of light to see the channel and all of the small sticks and sometimes large logs floating. The morning sky was pink - doesn't that mean for sailors to take warning? Seems like I heard that somewhere and I may become a believer especially as the day wore on. There was some spotty fog rolling in from the mountains but it only held us up for about 15 minutes. After 4 hours (so now 9:30) the current was changing so we stopped at the restaurant dock (same place as on the way up), tied up, ate lunch (they didn't open until 11:30 so it was nap time in the meantime) and were on our way again about 1:30 - fighting the current for about an hour until it changed.
Oddly enough when we looked closely there were people all over some of the what appeared to be very dangerous mountains! One was called Breakneck Ridge - is that a clue?? Must be hiking/climbing trails though because there were really a surprising number of folks up there. It was a great day for it though. Sunny and not too hot.
And then the pink in the morning came back to bite. The wind picked up and next thing you knew there were whitecaps on the Hudson! Fortunately it held off until about 5:30 with 6 o'clock being the expected arrival time at the anchorage Steve had picked out. What a great anchorage he found (on Activecaptain.com). Protected on all sides, no current - just the minor problem of a sunken barge in the middle of the narrow entrance :-) Luckily the locals had marked it with buoys so no running into the barge adventure here!
Even though we are backtracking, the view headed down the river is different than going up! Steve found a new way to clean the tie lines - drag them in the water for a while - shaky :-) Anyway, lots of mountains again. Check out the 'pillars' that were built to hold this giant ledge from falling onto the railroad track. Another thing that seems shaky to me. We passed Pollepel Island which has what looked like a castle on it. Somehow we missed that on the way up. Interesting history on it though at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollepel_Island
Oddly enough when we looked closely there were people all over some of the what appeared to be very dangerous mountains! One was called Breakneck Ridge - is that a clue?? Must be hiking/climbing trails though because there were really a surprising number of folks up there. It was a great day for it though. Sunny and not too hot.
And then the pink in the morning came back to bite. The wind picked up and next thing you knew there were whitecaps on the Hudson! Fortunately it held off until about 5:30 with 6 o'clock being the expected arrival time at the anchorage Steve had picked out. What a great anchorage he found (on Activecaptain.com). Protected on all sides, no current - just the minor problem of a sunken barge in the middle of the narrow entrance :-) Luckily the locals had marked it with buoys so no running into the barge adventure here! That was yesterday. It is still raining and windy and we are still sitting nicely in the middle of our little anchorage. How fortunate that this is where we ended up yesterday. But Steve did declare it a workday and was determined to rewire the inverter so all of the outlets (instead of just one) could be used when the generator isn't running or we aren't plugged in. Long project but success in the end :-)
Tomorrow? Not sure if we will stay again or head on down to New York City. We're only about 30 miles away so it'll be a short 4 hours (or less if we wait for the current). Likely we'll anchor behind the Statue of Liberty again as that worked out very well.
Tomorrow? Not sure if we will stay again or head on down to New York City. We're only about 30 miles away so it'll be a short 4 hours (or less if we wait for the current). Likely we'll anchor behind the Statue of Liberty again as that worked out very well. 
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