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Kingston Maritime Museum
Mathilda the Tug
The Kingston waterfront
Here's the only little white duck!
I guess this is why the dock was filled with duck poop! There were way over 50 ducks being fed by people who miss the water and throw bread on the dock. There was 1 lone white duck that joined the flock of mallards. It must have been someone's pet at one time.
Jim wanted to time going with the tide as much as possible, so we departed Kingston City Dock at 0930 and turned up Rondout Creek to the marina to top off our tank. It's the first time we stopped for fuel since we left home. We traveled over 500 miles and still had at least 1/2 a tank, but that's because we travel between 7 and 9 knots unless we get a push from the current. It gives us a chance to see the scenery and relax on the water.
As soon as we entered the Hudson River, we knew being a Saturday we would enter "moronsville" as Jim calls it - boaters that don't respect passing without giving a 4 foot wake and boats cutting in and out. We did meet a few, but it could have been worse. We passed Westpoint and under the Bear Mountain Bridge. We arrived at Haverstraw at 1600 and much to our surprise there were not very many boaters in the bay, so not the kind of wakes we had on our way north. We are at the same dock but 1 slip over and in calm water. I guess on Sunday afternoons boaters are all coming in after being away form the weekend and more activity on a Sunday. We will be leaving here before 0700 tomorrow to set up for slack tide at Hell Gate in NYC.
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