Thursday, October 1, 2015

Haverstraw Bay, again !

Wednesday night before we go to sleep, after mulling over conflicting forecasts, I decide we should leave in the morning and run back up the Hudson. Friday will be too late due to the increasing winds.
We could stay and strip off canvas and move onto a more secure mooring. We just took it off and put on our sails to go through the locks and I am not thrilled to do it again in high winds, so we take off.

Didn't seem like a smart decision after Joaquin headed east. The wind forecast had been northeast so I thought after we get to lower NYC the waves would not be so bad. Wrong! Wind stayed out of the north and higher than predicted. We had water running down both decks at times all the way to Haverstraw Bay. We stayed dry behind our dodger and clear vinyl Bimini connector. Water was spraying over the full length of the boat, we would of been soaked without it. I am kicking myself for waiting until we got to Vero Beach two years ago to make it. Fortunately, I was able to time the flood current and made good speeds up the Hudson, until the last hour.

Our protected little cove. We were on the opposite shore a few days ago.

We are now in this little basin off the Hudson with 360 degree protection. 



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