Hudson River Cruising Advice

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Planning to launch my newly purchased Formula 280 SS at Corning Preserve in Albany and cruise down the river on Thursday. Anyone take this trip before, who can share advice? Boat was on Lake George, and I've hired someone to transport and launch. I'm renting a car one-way to Albany. Gonna sign up for Sea Tow and bringing all my safety gear and food.
 
Chart books? It's not very hard to navigate the Hudson but there are areas where you def. want to be on the correct side of the buoys.
 
As Rommer said there it not much to navigate but I believe you should always have the charts for the area you are traveling. Best of luck with the new boat and welcome to the forum!
 
Good luck with the new boat and welcome to the forum. I have never been on the Hudson but the guys above have good knowledge of it.
Bill
 
If you do not have charts before launching, get to a site like ActiveCaptain.com register and log on to look at the interactive cruising guide. Select the chartography and you will see the raster charts for the areas you will launch in and travel through. I had a little difficulty getting the charts to load up when I went to the nautical display on Active Captain but it could have been latency on the network.
If you study the charts, and have them with you as long as you respect the markers and know what is coming you should be ok. I am thinking in that boat you will have no trouble doing the trip in a day but if you split it up over two it could be more fun. Catskill, Kingston, and Newburgh NY all offer some good places to hang for a bit.
I'll give Kingston the edge due to the amount of protected dockage and dining. Rondout Yacht Basin should have fuel and the City Dock in Kingston is convenient to many places to eat.
Get your charts, study the trip and have a safe trip. You don't want to be a member of the "I mowed the meadows" club. :D

Edit: BTW it is still early in the season so keep an eye out for debris like tree branchs, stumps and logs.
 
Get a good chart and follow the marker bouys, especially north of Kingston. As Dan stated you can do this trip in one day pretty easily, but Kingston is a nice overnight spot, you can probably get a slip at the town dock for a very reasonable cost.

Debris floating in the water this time of year will be as big a challenge as anything else that you may encounter.

Enjoy the trip.
 
I sent a note to Jeff Seigel of Active Captain about the chart issue and he says the quilting is off a bit in some areas. He is working on it. However if you zoom in more eventually things show up as they should. Try zooming in with the satellite imagery before changing over to nautical.
 
Be very watchful for floating debris - especially in the hour after a high tide. Post a look out to watch for chunks of wood floating at or just below the surface. And of course, have a great trip!
 
the hudson is deep to very deep (30 to 150+ feet) in the channels for the entire run from kingston to nyc. stray outside the channel and you could be in big trouble. just south of the kingston light house it goes from 40 feet in the channel to 1 foot outside, so stay in the center of the channel.
 
Thank you all for the tips. I'll have a lookout for debris for sure. Kingston is my midpoint, so that will be a good stop for food and fuel.
 
Kingston is a fantastic stop. If you stay there for a day, be sure to stop and take a ride on the antique train and visit the subway museum. It's a blast.
 
Kingston is a great stop and one I usually visit at least once a year. Have a fun safe trip!
 
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