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A Plea for Boater Caution

 Fatal accidents involving collisions between recreational boats and commercial traffic in NYC waters are on the rise.  We beg you to remember some safety rules and share them with your friends: 

Barges are often out of sight behind tugs being towed on long cables.

Do not cut behind a tug, especially if you do not know how to read the towing lights that indicate if, and how, the tug is towing another vessel. 

Do not anchor in the channel, do not tie up to navigational aids, do get out of the way of larger vessels (they generally have right of way since they can't move out of narrow channels); always carry a VHF marine radio, and know the rules of the road (no, sailboats do not always have the right of way).

Fishing Advisory
Though local waters are much cleaner, often clean enough to swim in, the fish accumulate poisons in their system and are not good to eat on a regular basis.  See this July 2009 Daily News story Fishing for Danger

Boater Info                                                                                                                         

Marine Weather, Tides       

  • New York Harbor Beaches - a mapping and finding project

  • Swimming the Hudson - a Riverkeeper report

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  • beach bars: Time Out 2009 list of beach staycation spots. An older York Magazine's review of Urban Beach Bars.  New York Water Taxi beaches on Governor's Island and South Street Seaport Museum have been added since this article.  For honky-tonk bars, look up little creeks and bays for blue collar marinas and boating scenes. A short ferry ride to Jersey City will also get you to a floating saloon on the south side of Morris Canal, and if you can get to the north side, there is a dockside restaurant.  There, you can arrive by boat, if you've got one.

From the Web

 

Calendar

Selected H2O-themed stuff
 to suggest events, email portsidenewyork (at) gmail.com

Videos

nytugmaster Time lapse video of Reinauer tug and barge run from Carteret, NJ through NY harbor to Execution Rocks featuring mention of life aboard the Mary A. Whalen

vintage video of the harbor with some classic old-fashioned narration

 

 

 

 

 

 

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