Hey, Norm and Jan, you're still up in Gloucester???
Steve Weinstein S/V CAPTIVA 1997 Hunter 376, Hull #376 Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY All outgoing mail protected by VIPRE A/V ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 1:14 PM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] NYC 79th St moorings > > We have anchored at the 79th Street Boat Basin in NYC many times. > > We did try a mooring at first but it dragged. We tried the "big boat" > moorings south of the docks but was in collision with another moored > vessel > (a multihull). > > Since then we anchor up at the northern end of the mooring field or in a > open space in the outer row. > > The depths were in the 20's. While there is a strong current on the > outgoing tide, we found, as is the case where there are strong currents, > the bottom was excellent holding. > > The biggest problem was a lively motion to the boat due to the broad > expanse of river to the west and occasional wakes from large vessels such > as tour boats. We would only stay two or three days before moving on, > usually to Oyster Bay on Long Island. > > Norm > S/V Bandersnatch > Lying Gloucester MA > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Lee Haefele <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Date: 10/1/2009 6:03:53 AM >> Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] NYC 79th St moorings >> >> Advised by another catamaran owner that he was refused in June, confirmed > by >> phone Oct 30th. Anchoring here does not seem safe with 40' depths, > strong >> currents and bad holding. But, YMMV. We have a slip in Tarrytown, next > to >> the train station. >> Lee Haefele >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
