Rip Van Ripple to Albany - Rainy

The current was strong on the river.  Bellum turned about 6:30 due to the current  

I departed at 7:30 hoping to catch some of the slack current. After an hour I decided to take a few town dock in Athens.  

I visited the town - it was quiet   The dock was along a nice park  I plugged in the Nespresso to make coffee.

At 11:30, I departed and by 1ish the current changed and I made it to Albany at 4ish  the first few anchorages were too deep for my comfort level.  It was about 30 feet and mid-tide I went further to the last anchorage before the lock and anchored in 18 feet of water  

I made a steak.

The next day was supposed to be wet and it was.   

Spend Saturday at the anchorage with 66 mm of rain.

Catskill to Rip Van Ripple bridge

Before leaving I decided to check out the town to see if I wanted to stay another night.  Cute town but not worth staying. 

Departed Hop O Nose Marina at 1830 and headed North.  The drive chain was vibrating above 2000 rpm.  So I anchored near the Rip Van Ripple bridge and cooked the other salmon.  

Very pleasant anchorage 

Nyack to Catskill Demast

I walked to 125 th Street Harlem train station to Tarrytown then to Nyack.  Did groceries at Nyack Fresh Market and departed the mooring at 14:30. 

There was a lot of debris on the water due the the high waters. Some logs were over ten feet. 

Headed to Haverstraw Marina to buy 8 gallons of diesel and 1.5 gallon of gas.  I attached the dinghy on the dinghy tow. 

I continued to Hop O Nose Marina at Catskills. 

I tried to anchor, but was invited to dock at the marina.  

I removed the sails and boom and attended a Melanoma seminar and it started drizzle. I tidy up some lines.  Made supper of the salmon.  

Got up early at six and finished of preparing for demasting. It seemed that I can keep the Bimini on and have solar panels and more space inside.  

Waited all day for the crew to demast and did it at 14:30.  It took less than an hour. I moved the boat back to my dock to finish strapping the mast down. 

 

Moved to Nyack Boat Club

After spending two nights at anchor, I moved BELLUM to a mooring at Nyack Boat Club since the Village of Nyack not appreciating the presence of my dinghy at the village launch. 

On Sunday Lisa picked me up and returned to the city.

The mooring had a pole making it easy for me to catch single handed!