Kingston to Tarrytown

This was a pleasant enough ride, although it was cold in the morning. At times the visability was less than a mile on the river, but once we passed the Esopus Light near Norie point things cleared up substantially. Radar was a plus but not really needed.
It was great having the river to ourselves on the way down. I think we saw maybe 10 private boats.

We linked up (briefly) with George and Incentive off the Chelsea power plant. He may admire out boat, but I think he was being polite! It had to be at least 58 feet. See this thread in boatered.com for details -> http://www.boatered.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=120283

The trip to tarry town took a bit longer than we had planned but that could be due to backing down from 9.2 knots a few times to reduce our wake. It seems that Central Hudson is still recovering the gas line near the Poughkeepsie rail road bridge. Those around the area back in 1999 know a tug ripped up the gas line with an anchor. We happened to be on the river that day and saw the sheriff take the tug and barge over (almost by force due to a stubborn captain) just before it it the Chelsea power plant lines to NYC etc..

Note to self:
Ensure the S.O. stows the dockside water filter so it doesn't slam around in the dunage box. And no Geo it certainly wasn't your wake!