(Note: As of Thursday morning, Flinterborg was still anchored north of the VZ near Staten Island awaiting a weather window.)
He: (texting) Flinterborg in vu!!
She: (texting back) Woo hoooo!
And so it was when Flinterborg appeared beyond the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge, then
turned at the red 76 buoy,
headed toward Rhinecliff,
where a diesel Amtrak sounded a horn in greetings AND farewell, as
the many-masted ship headed through Crum Elbow
and approached the Walkway over the Hudson where it
sounded its own two long blasts in greeting before
heading for Lange Rack, and ultimately
for sea. If you’re in the sixth boro, ETA might be between 630 and 730, twilight.
People to thank here–Jeff, Harold, Dock, Frank– as well as all morale supporters and texters. Thanks to the Dutch mariners for coming over. More fotos and a video on Friday. For fotos of the “deckload” as they cavorted in the Hudson, click here.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
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October 7, 2009 at 3:24 pm
George Conk
Beautiful shots, Will. Especially the grays.
– George
October 9, 2009 at 9:04 am
Buck
I didn’t get to see her leave Albany; the local paper wasn’t very helpful in that regard 😦 Thanks for giving me these wonderful last looks.
October 9, 2009 at 10:34 am
tugster
still more to come soon!!
October 12, 2009 at 11:52 am
Wylde Wytse
I can see my ship from here!!!
Very nice photo’s! I placed a link on the photo site so everyone can enjoy them, thanks a lot!
Crew Wylde Wytse (second ship from Bridge)
October 16, 2009 at 4:06 am
Gert Jan SChaap
What a beautifull sight. To see our botter HZ 108 on deck of the Flinterborg heading home.
All of us enjoyed the Henry Hudson en New York 400 events very much!
Thanks a lot, we will publish the foto on our site.
Kind regards,
Gert Jan Schaap, Foundation of the Huizer Botters