Maiden voyage

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Daily observations on the Hudson River as it passes through New York City. The section of the Hudson which passes through New York is historically known as the North River, called this by the Dutch to distinguish it from the Delaware River, which they knew as the South River. This stretch of the Hudson is still often referred to as the North River by local mariners today. All photos by Daniel Katzive unless otherwise attributed. Twitter @dannykatman

Maiden voyage

Rains cleared and beautiful weather returned on Wednesday. The Maiden, a 58-foot racing yacht passed through in the morning on the way to Kingston, NY. The Maiden was the first sailing boat to circumnavigate the globe with an all-female crew in the late 1980s and is currently on a world tour in support of its mission of improving educational and empowerment opportunities for girls (see themaidenfactor.org for more information).

The Maiden runs upriver with the flood tide heading for Kingston

HRCS J80s turned out to provide an escort, and one deployed its spinnaker

Meanwhile, commercial traffic picked up after Tuesday’s lull. The Saint Emilion weighed anchor Tuesday afternoon after two days parked off 72nd Street, headed down to the Kinder Morgan terminal in Cateret and was pushing back towards Albany by Wednesday morning. Saint Emilion was replaced by Cape Canaveral which anchored with its barge off 79th Street