Tag: pilot
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Another pilot visit
Sandy Hook pilot boat Yankee came up the North River on the final day of July. The boat normally delivers and retrieves pilots beyond the Narrows from ships arriving and departing the harbor and doesn’t come up the river but on this day Yankee was heading for the North River Shipyard in Nyack where she…
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Off station
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…
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Wednesday January 10–storm warning
Deteriorating weather conditions brought heavy traffic to the North River as ATBs and tugs with tanker barges sought out anchorage space and some specialized offshore vessels also came in to get out of the chop. Storm warning was in effect from 18:00 with gusts up to 60 knots and seas of 16 to 21 feet…
North River Notes 