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From: (no name) (no email)
Date: Sun Apr 01 2007 - 09:53:25 EDT
In a message dated 4/1/07 12:00:53 AM, Dan DeBruin asked...
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>
> Could the list help me with the effects of tide/current between NYC and
> Troy.
> How much does the current increase in the early spring? I would like to try
> to
> get here as soon after the Canal opens May 1. I know that the weather can be
> extremely variable that early in the season and I may end up stopping at a
> marina to leave the boat if the weather is exteme. Any suggestions that are
> safe and relatively cheap if I had to leave it somewhere on the upper Hudson
> for a few weeks?
>
A tide and current chart is essential for sailing or trawler cruising on the
Hudson. The tidal range is only about 3 feet but the tidal flow generally
overwhelms the fresh water discharge from upstate. Current flows in both
directions following the ebb and flood of the tide. "Muhheakantuck", the Indian name
for the river, can be translated as "the river that flows both ways."
The tidal current in the more constricted portions of the river can reach
almost 3 knots. The speed of the ebb and flow currents are so nearly matched that
it would take a bottle dropped in the river at Albany nearly half a year to
reach New York City, 150 miles downstream. If you time it right, you can get a
tidal lift for several hours in either direction. Indeed, 18th century
sailboats often used the tidal flow to make progress against unfavorable winds. They
would ride the current in the direction they wished to travel, then anchor and
wait until the next tide The tidal crest moves up river at about 15 miles an
hour, high tide at Albany occurring 10 hours after high tide at New York's
Battery.
However don't sweat the details too much. Looking out the window now, the
river is calm. A trip up the Hudson, from the Battery to Troy, should only take
you about three days. It is easy to get a relatively good weather window that
long. If you have enroute Internet access, Boating on the Hudson
(www.boatingonthehudson.com) publishes tide times and heights for all areas between NYC and
Albany. Call the NYS Canal Commission (1-800-4-CANAL-4) for the exact opening
day of the Canal. It may be held up because of the heavy snows of the last
winter.
Larry Z
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