Shattemuc Yacht Club

 

In the morning, walking back down the dock towards our boat I see someone hop off “Hooked on a Feeling”, whose outside radio is still playing a country western station. The flag on his bridge, which I had not previously noticed explained everything.

 

West Point

Bear Mountain Bridge, looking north

We have a mostly sunny day with varying winds, but the current is against us most of the day. We stop at Safe Harbor Haverstraw for fuel late in the afternoon before we cross over to the east side of the Hudson to Shattemuc Yacht Club. We stayed there last trip because of the train station next door for an easy trip to NYC, Grand Central Station. Alain and Diana come in here for the same reason. They are visiting friends in NYC the next day.

We arrive first at the Marina. We had previously made our reservations on line with “Dockwa” which I have never liked. I prefer to deal directly with the marina and have some prior communications with the dock master. Anyways, we get here, call on the radio and get no response. Fortunately, since we have been here before we know were to dock, but would of liked to have some help since the wind has picked up, but no one is around. We tie up and find the transient dock is covered with Seagull crap, oh joy! I plug in for power and find the power post is dead, SOB! They had problems back in June and I assumed they would of fixed it by now. Yes, the joy of “Dockwa”, the Marina avoids having to lie to you, directly, just by omission. The dock masters office is closed and no one is around. One very helpful club member comes out to explain that the whole transient dock does not have power and they are waiting for parts, apparently for every. This floating cement dock has incurred physical damage since our last visit, plus the lack of power. Since I thought Alain might need power, the club member, Dave, Linda and I help “Blow Away Too” to tie up in an empty member slip with power. We only would need power for heat. Tonight is relatively warm and we have new 12 Volt electric blankets so we have no need to move. Fortunately, Dave was around to give us the combinations and wifi passwords.