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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 copyright Daniel Katzive unless otherwise attributed. For more frequent updates, please follow northriverblog on Facebook or Instagram.

Happy Fathers’ Day

Fathers’ Day weekend saw mostly typical traffic, with a heavy recreational component as dads took to the water Sunday in force. A large Dutch-flagged cargo ship heading north Sunday was the most notable traffic observed.

Buchanan12 was heading back and forth to Clinton Point over the weekend, surrounded by its usual flock
Mister Jim came south from Coeymans Friday morning with light barges, returning Saturday afternoon running light
Evelyn Cutler was also running light Friday, heading up the river to relieve Kristin Poling on an anchored barge. Kristin seemed to be heading for Staten Island but then turned around and returned to their barge
Carolina Coast was running light Frida as well, returning to a barge at the Yonkers sugar plant after a visit to the boat yard on Staten Island
The Coast Guard’s small harbor tug Wire was heading towards Poughkeepsie Friday
Kirby’s Cape Hatteras and a loaded 339’ DBL 81 spent some time on the North River Friday
Another Kirby ATB combination, the Lincoln Sea and the massive 474’ long DBL 140 where anchored on the River light on Sunday
FDNY Marine 1’s alpha boat was on the North River Sunday morning
Along with the nearly identical Marine Battalion chief’s boat
Sunday afternoon saw the cargo ship Spaarnegracht heading for Albany from Jacksonville. With no deck cargo visible, they may be scheduled to pick up some bulky cargo up north.
A group of paddlers got Sunday off to a good start, getting a good look at the Lincoln Sea and DBL 140
The retired fireboat John J Harvey got on the River Sunday morning. See Fireboat Special for photos of the Harvey in action.
Norwegian Joy departed Sunday evening, heading out on its regular Bermuda run. The masts of the Spanish navy barque are visible on the left as they remain tied up on the end of Pier 86

Daniel Katzive

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