Sandy Hook Pilots station boat number 2, the New Jersey, made an unusual trip up the North River and continued up as far as Haverstraw Bay on Monday. In summer months, this boat is usually stationed offshore around Ambrose Light as a base for pilots joining arriving ships and leaving departing ships. There is no obvious operational reason for a trip up the Hudson and transits upriver are handled by the Hudson River Pilots based in Yonkers so perhaps this was some kind of evaluation of the boat. After the move up north, New Jersey returned to the pilot base on Staten Island. Meanwhile, station boat number 1, the New York, which is normally a winter boat, was holding down the Ambrose Light post.