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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.

Summer breeze

While we often associate New York City Augusts with listless conditions, for the second year in a row the month has been windy, making for excellent sailing. Commercial traffic has seemed light, though two big heavy lift ships have slipped by this week unobserved to load GE generators at the Port of Albany. The highlight of the week on the North River was the Concord aircraft from the Intrepid Museum passing through on a barge, en route to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for repainting.

The British Airways Concord was loaded on a Weeks Marine barge and shipped to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for restoration work. Stephanie Dann did the honors.
A Weeks Marine crane was brought in for the job and left shortly after the plane took off.
The Corps of Engineers survey boat Dobrin has been doing work on the North River this week. Dobrin is normally based in Philadelphia, but the New York District’s usual survey boat, Moritz, may be out of service, having not pinged AIS for the past thirteen days.
One of the NY Naval Militia’s patrol boats also visited the North River, a bit south of their usual stomping grounds around Haverstraw Bay.
Dann Marine’s Coral Coast passed through Monday running light, returning to a sugar barge left up in Yonkers.
On Tuesday, East Coast was going the other way, heading for the facilities on the KvK.
Marilyn George passed the anchored B. Franklin Reinauer ATB with an up bound cargo.
Fort Schuyler was heading the same direction later in the week.
Kristy Ann/RTC 80 were returning light from up north.
Janice Ann and RTC 103 were moving the other way later in the week.
Buchanan12 was bringing empties back to the quarry Tuesday.
Marella Discovery was in town, with a Vane bunkering barge left unattended alongside.
A Navy CMV-22B, the naval logistics version of the Marine Osprey, flew a loop up the River from Chesapeake Bay Wednesday.
Sailing conditions were sporty Tuesday on the Upper Bay.

Daniel Katzive

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