Weather Roundup

A pair of late February nor'easters brought us a week of mixed weather. The first storm arrived a day after we removed the last of the fleet from Tivoli Bay -- it left over nine inches of heavy wet snow in the Kingston area and caused power outages to over 100,000 customers. Two days later, a larger and more powerful storm stalled along the NY/NJ coast for five days and brought three feet of snow to the higher elevations of the Catskill Mountains while the valley received three inches of rain mixed with occasional snow. The ice on the Hudson River and Tivoli Bay is gone, while to the west, small towns struggle with the clean up of three to five feet of snow in some places.

With bright sunshine late this week and through the weekend, temperatures will rise into the 40's and perhaps hit 50 in some locations which will make for very soft ice that will be nearly impossible to sail.

Snow plowed 8 feet high in Spruceton

A bit of rotten ice stranded on the mud of Tivoli Bay is all that remains.

Lost & Found

Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
Winter Maintenance

Major rebuild of the forward section of the hull.

New Futtocks at the bow.

Bottom of the Mast in the Foc'sle

Prop shaft & cutlass bearing housing -- Sternpost problem area.

Image by Environment Canada

Blue water on both sides of the tracks.

Two or three feet of snow may cause major flooding shortly.

Orion's Christening into the fleet of the
Hudson River Ice Yacht Club

Recently acquired by Bob Wills from the McInerney family of Long Island. It was originally built and sailed in the Hudson Valley.      Photo copyright Bob Wills

Anchor Hawse Pipe area awaiting rebuilding.

Plank and Frame Numbering System.