August 9 – Day 40 – En Route to Coxsackie, NY

41°30′8″ N 74°0′15″ W

Aug 9 – Newburgh, NY

We left Newburgh at 7:00am this morning & are traveling about 55 miles north to a marina at Coxsackie, NY, which is about 20 miles south of Albany. It will take us between 9-10 hours to make this trip.

The weather today is much improved. Bright sunny skies & virtually no wind.

The water is much calmer today so the boat is running smoothly but we are still dealing with tidal influence. Hard to believe that the tides could be as powerful as they are this far inland but the falling tide combined with the river current has dropped our speed to just over 5 knots. That should change in a couple of hours when the tide starts to rise again.

We just met a tall ship on the river headed south. Pretty impressive site even when the sails are not up. Unfortunately we could not read the name on the transom.

Catch up to you later. Cheers!

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