If anyone out there needs to be convinced of the beauty of the Hudson Valley less than 100 miles north of the big city, take a glance at this foto by Tim Hetrick showing tanker Icdas 11 escorted by a paparazzi savvy eagle.
The foto below shows sloop Clearwater in mid-June arriving at the music festival that shares the same name.
A minute or so earlier . . . Clearwater rounded the bend following Woody Guthrie toward the shallows.
But if anyone has notions of operating a wooden vessel, it’s important to consider the regular maintenance. Here was a post from about three years ago about work on Clearwater. Currently way upriver this
is happening again. All the following fotos now come thanks to Paul Strubeck. In mid-December, Clearwater was downrigged and hauled out near Albany at Scarano Boat Building and
gently placed onto Black Diamond, with tug Cornell nearby.
Securing the big sloop for travel takes care and time, more time than there is light at the winter solstice end of the year.
But when all’s fast, the trip to where the winter maintenance crew can begin.
Click here for an article about Clearwater‘s winter home in the shadow of the Hudson River Maritime Museum.
Many thanks to Paul for sending these along. It looks like I need to find time to get up to the Rondout. The first two fotos in the post are mine.
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February 6, 2013 at 6:59 pm
C.E. Grundler
Magnificent pictures. I’ve always admired Clearwater for her beauty, and for what her people have done to make the river what it is today. As a child I never saw cormorants, striped bass, egrets, herons, osprey, or the families of eagles that return year after year to Haverstraw. Even seals show up, something that was unheard of in decades past, and I truly believe it’s due to those grassroots groups like Clearwater and Riverkeeper. We owe them our gratitude and support.
February 6, 2013 at 7:21 pm
tugster
c. e.– well put, and a treat to hear from you.
February 7, 2013 at 6:35 am
C.E. Grundler
Yeah, I’ve been off the radar the last few months. Sandy dropped a large tree through the middle of my house, and both the boatyard where my boat is and the marina I work in, in Stony Point and Haverstraw, were hit hard. I’m finally starting to get some of my life back in order, but I’ve still got a ways to go.