We have anchored at the 79th Street Boat Basin in NYC many times. We did try a mooring at first but it dragged. We tried the "big boat" moorings south of the docks but was in collision with another moored vessel (a multihull).
Since then we anchor up at the northern end of the mooring field or in a open space in the outer row. The depths were in the 20's. While there is a strong current on the outgoing tide, we found, as is the case where there are strong currents, the bottom was excellent holding. The biggest problem was a lively motion to the boat due to the broad expanse of river to the west and occasional wakes from large vessels such as tour boats. We would only stay two or three days before moving on, usually to Oyster Bay on Long Island. Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Gloucester MA > [Original Message] > From: Lee Haefele <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 10/1/2009 6:03:53 AM > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] NYC 79th St moorings > > Advised by another catamaran owner that he was refused in June, confirmed by > phone Oct 30th. Anchoring here does not seem safe with 40' depths, strong > currents and bad holding. But, YMMV. We have a slip in Tarrytown, next to > the train station. > Lee Haefele > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
