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Word is that many a ship are getting wrecked on the Hudson by the George Washington Bridge. Could Manhattan be drawing ships to shore with its sirens? Is this a marketing ploy for Lost? The Gay Recluse reports:
"Those arriving in Washington Heights for the first time are often surprised to hear splintering, cracking sounds in the distance. The shoreline is rocky and treacherous for those unfamiliar with its jagged contours, and what you hear is the slow wreckage of some poor soul who has strayed too close."
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here's a picture of it at sunset, which i like particularly.
What are the salvage rights to these wrecks?
based on the boat pictured, I'd say it's more a marketing ploy for Gilligan's Island.
Jen - are you high?
Were they drunk or just plain stupid?
There are navigational maps for sailors that provide information re depth, etc. of waterways. Those "sailors" apparently didn't think it was necessary to consult said maps.
I think these break free from the Dyckman Marina. I saw three boats in similar shape a year ago.
I guess that's one way of getting out of the high price of boating.
Best two days of a boat owner's life, the day its bought and the day its sold.
And why exactly are people wrecking here more than in other places? Is there any more to this story that Gothamist cares to enlighten us with?
I've been running or biking on the path by the GW Bridge since the 80s and I only started noticing the wrecks since a couple of years ago. Frankly, I don't know what has started this. There's a coast gauard bouy right by that spot to warn people about the rocks.
I'll say this, though. Just north of the Little Red Lighthouse there seems to be a permanent whirpool or maelstrom. Many kayakers spend minutes trapped in it and are exhausted by the time they break free.
One point. The third picture looks like the Dyckman Marina, which would not make those boats, technically, wrecks.
Can you really stray too close to something?
I thought my apartment flooding was a marketing ploy for Lost as well. I've been sober ever since.
Could Gothamist stop posting articles without basis. No numbers, no interviews, just another excuse to use the slideshow feature.
ROP'nicks confusing drink recipes for "sex on the beach" with navigation aids; they run aground, trying to see how close they can get to the GWB for 9/11 part 2...
The wrecks look like they broke free from a marina. The first pictured boat, a houseboat, is not a boat that is commonly taken out for a cruise in these waters. There is a reason the lighthouse was put there. Lots of big storms that set boats and docks free.
Yup, those are from the marina, they break free in storms. One storm the day before Thanksgiving in 2006 landed four boats there, including the sailboat and the one sitting on the rocks (it's shown at lowtide; at hightide the water is above the window sills). Apparently the folks running the marina weren't fully devoted to their work there: a number were arrested for dealing drugs after a long sting operation. Their concession from the Parks Dept to run the marina was revoked and it's now closed. I don't know why the owners aren't forced to tow the boats away.