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.
North River water temperatures breached 70 farenheit this week, and the season of escorted swimmers circling Manhattan has kicked off. A pair of swimmers came through Wednesday, moving south with the ebb tide.An unplanned swim brought Marine 1’s alpha boat up the North River at speed after someone was reported to have fallen into the water off the rocks in Riverside Park above 96th Street.Land-based units also responded.The New Jersey Fireboat Task Force seems to have dispatched a boat from Hoboken as well, but they arrived well after the person was out of the water.Saint Emilion headed for anchorage off Yonkers with the A87 barge.Centerline tug Hawsepiper made its North River debut, never before seen by NRN, after being acquired by Centerline in 2022. Piper was heading north with a cargo loaded in Carteret on the barge Flaco. Flaco, whose naming proceeded the fame of the similarly named owl, has been previously seen on the North River with the tug C.F. Campbell. Campbell is now on the hard at Bayonne Shipyard for service, as document by the Tugster blog on Tuesday.The Coast Guard cutter Razorbill, an 87’ patrol boat based in Gulf Port, Mississippi, is visiting New York City and docked at Pier 86 across from the Intrepid.Another angle on the Razorbill.Survey work for the Gateway Tunnel continues. This week the small tug Little C is off the heliport with a spud barge and a drilling rig, taking samples and requesting passing vessels to observe a slow bell.
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