Kingston to New Baltimore, NY

Friday - June 8, 2018      Kingston to New Baltimore, NY

Today would be a relatively short day with only 38 nm to do, and as we get further north on the Hudson River there is less current moving against Zoey’s Adventure to slow us down. Our normal cruise speed is 16 knots and when you have a 3 knot current against you it will drop our speed to 13 knots.

Our destination is Shady Harbor Marina about 20 miles south of Albany, NY.  The ride up the Hudson today was again very nice with little traffic except for a few tug and barges, one of which we had to hail on the VHF radio to request a fast pass on his port (left) side. The captain was very obliging and so we pushed the throttles up and quickly moved in front of this Big Boy. 

A bit later we made our approach to Shady Harbor where we first stopped at the fuel dock to have our holding tanks pumped out, Yuck!  Seems we are good for about 10 days when the half full lights come on as a sign it about time to get pumped out.

At the fuel dock we got our slip assignment and instructions on approaching the slip. There were 2 dock hands to assist with our lines making the docking easy for LouAnn who is handling the 4 lines and placing our fenders in the appropriate place to protect Zoey’s hull. It’s so nice to arrive early because we now have a full afternoon to settle in. We will be staying 3 nights at Shady Harbor. This marina hosts Loopers, people like ourselves, that are doing the Great Loop so they really play it up BIG! The dockage is pay for 2 nights and the 3^rd is free. On Friday night all the Loopers at the marina (15 boats) gather for docktails under the tent. An opportunity to meet others and exchange boat cards and swap tales of our voyage.

Docktails