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
Skies cleared Thursday but gale warnings remained in effect in the Harbor as winds out of the west gusted to over 40 MPH. Some tug/barge combinations rode out the chop on the Upper Bay, but the North River anchorages filled up with ATBs returning from New England ports, with four boats anchored off Manhattan, another north of the bridge and several off Yonkers.
Josephine was anchored off 72nd Street overnight after returning from New Haven, but then left mid-morning for the Reinauer dock on the Kill van KullGenesis Glory was also anchored south of the bridge overnight after arriving Wednesday afternoonThe Haggerty Girls arrived from Boston Thursday morning and anchored off 110th StreetTimothy L. Reinauer returned from New Haven and anchored off 72nd Street, replacing Josephine. Timothy was launched in 1979, though her tower and raised wheelhouse are of more recent vintage and she was retrofitted with ATB fittings in 2009 according to tugboatinformation.comB. Franklin Reinauer anchored between the Haggerty Girls and Timothy after returning from Fall RiverMount St. Elias, a Kirby tug we have not seen on the River since October, brought a light barge back from New Haven and anchored north of the BridgeA 575 foot bulker headed north for Albany or Coeymans from Algeria after a stop in Wilmington…passing the anchored ATBsVane’s Elk River was running light, heading upriver, seen here passing Timothy Reinauer’s RTC 84 bargeMetropolitan Marine’s Pegasus was also running light, possibly heading for Yonkers to assist a sugar barge leaving the Domino pier as we have seen Pegasus and her fleet mate Normandy do in the pastDann’s Calusa Coast spent the evening with her loaded barge in sheltered waters off Yonkers but by Thursday afternoon she was heading for sea with her barge on the wire and signaling Baltimore, perhaps marking an end to her New York Harbor residence of the past month.
North River Notes 
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