The anchorages filled up ahead of the bad weather Thursday night and four Reinauer AT/Bs remained at anchor as the skies cleared Saturday, with the Curtis, Kristy Ann and Hagerty Girls South of the bridge and the Dean north of the bridge.

The Dann Brothers’ Carolina Coast came through in the morning, towing an empty Sugar Express barge from the Yonkers Domino plant into the flood tide heading back to Palm Beach to load up on more raw sugar.

The arrival of April brought a new arrival at Pier 88, one we have not seen this winter, the Norwegian Epic. The Epic is scheduled to sail for Barcelona today, a 15-day one way crossing with stops in Bermuda, Portugal and along the south coast of Spain, after which she will be doing cruises on the Mediterranean.