[Leica] BOATING PICS

[r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)]

Most summer weekends the Bay and the Sound are very active.  It falls  
off some in midweek, but never stops.  Woods Hole is always busy.   
It's the main thoroughfare between the Bay and the Sound and has  
active ferry and fishing fleets as well a large sail and powerboat  
contingent.  The area also attracts large yachts from all over the  
world in the summer.  You've seen some of them in my earlier pictures.

It *is* surprising that the Hudson isn't used more.  I have a nephew  
who keeps a boat at Nyack, so I have some experience on the river and  
have always enjoyed sailing there.  The heavy current may be one  
reason; commercial traffic another.

That hasn't stopped everyone, though.  The 79th Street boat basin  
mooring area, much lower down the river, of course, now extends well  
up into the '80's and all the moorings are in use during the summer.

The Hudson River really is a pretty place to sail.  It is a shame it  
isn't used more.

Regards,

Dick



On Sep 16, 2009, at 2:04 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:

> Richard Taylor writes:
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> Hadley Harbor, Cape Cod:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2009_boating_pad/300_5858.jpg.html
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2009_boating_pad/300_5858.jpg.htmlor
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> or<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2009_boating_pad/300_5858.jpg.htmlor
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> http://tinyurl.com/r7caup
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> D300, 50 f1.5 Nikkor, ISO 400.
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> C&C always welcome.
> - - - - -Dick,
> I like all your boating pics. There seems to be much more recreational
> boating in your area than in my neck of the stream. Although the  
> Hudson
> estuary has been a marine highway for 300 years there are  
> comparatively few
> boats on the water except on holiday weekends. Too bad since it is a  
> great
> boating venue. A lot of tugs towing barges though. The lower Hudson  
> is a 4
> mile wide, 20 mile long protected area bordered by the Palisades and  
> the
> Adirondaks. Beautiful scenery, like a Norwegian fjord.
> Larry Z
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