Vacation

So today I got a text message it was supposed to be a picture of Hogan in the Harlem River I really couldn't make it out but the question is did you have a problem it would seem you were back tracking and going the wrong way? Was there a problem at one of the bridges or something? or was it yet another Trojan with a tan top. The person who spotted you owns the other so I know it wasn't him.

Look real close!

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Got all the way up to Spuyten Duyvil and radioed the bridge for an opening. The response was the bridge was closed to water traffic indefinitely. What a PITA! Turned around and had to go around Manhattan during rush hour ferry traffic - NOT FUN.

Added another 1 1/2 hours to the trip... Lousy ending to fantastic trip.
 
That's happening too often. We ought to have a way to know before we get all the way up there. After it happened to us going the other way, we thought to call Circle Line and make sure their tour was running. That might be an good indicator, but a lousy way to check.
 
That sucks but I figured that's what happened. At least you had a great trip, My last return trip wasn't fun either I'll tell you about it in person sometime.
 
We stopped for fuel at Capri, diesel was $4.80/gallon!!! What a rip-off!!! I was going to fill up, but only got 50 gallons, to get us home.

Ate lunch at Louies, lobster rolls were delicious.
 
Wow, does the bridge closing to water traffic happen very often? I'll be coming south on the Hudson in a few weeks and had hoped to use the Harlem River to shorten the trip into LI sound. That extra 1.5hrs could really mess with plans.
 
If you know it won't open, then the trip around Manhattan does not take much longer than going thru the Harlem River - the extra time was because we went all the way up, then had to backtrack.

If you are coming down the Hudson, you have to pass it anyway, so it won't make much difference. If you're coming from the Sound to the Hudson, you can get screwed.

It doesn't happen too often, but when it does, it's a PITA! From now on, I'm going to call the NYPD on the VHF when I get to Hell Gate to see if it's open.
 
Wow. But we know how you feel. We came across the Gulf Stream (8 or 9 hours), in the St. Lucie inlet (shallow, and bumped once), up the river to the bridge right before the marina, and the railroad bridge crews decided to close the bridge so no one could pass. We all waited quite a while until some man in a pick up truck slllllooooooowwwwwwwllllllyyyyy moved across the bridge waving at all of us waiting for the opening.
We also had the lockmaster at the Mayaka lock declare the lock broken, and that we should tie up for the night somewhere. So I called the main Army Corp of Eng. office for the region and asked WTF in pleasant terms. Son of a gun the lock worked when we arrived. I'm thinking you should have made some calls as well particularly if there were no notices to mariners.
 
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Originally posted by HOGAN

We stopped for fuel at Capri, diesel was $4.80/gallon!!! What a rip-off!!! I was going to fill up, but only got 50 gallons, to get us home.

Ate lunch at Louies, lobster rolls were delicious.

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The fuel at Capri is ALWAYS way over priced. Should be avoided at all costs! I like going there but will never buy their fuel.
 
We like capri as well in fact just confirmed for the 2nd.
 
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