Gothamist: Shipwrecked on the Hudson

timbnyc

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:38:43 -0500

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 Their concession from the Parks Dept to run the marina was revoked and it's now closed.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.

galvo

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:03:30 -0500

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.

jpeditor

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:29:21 -0500

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...

zstone

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:28:46 -0500

Could Gothamist stop posting articles without basis. No numbers, no interviews, just another excuse to use the slideshow feature.

broadwayblue29

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:39:51 -0500

I thought my apartment flooding was a marketing ploy for Lost as well. I've been sober ever since.

Carl Sagan

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:23:26 -0500

Can you really stray too close to something?

jchez

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:20:26 -0500

One point. The third picture looks like the Dyckman Marina, which would not make those boats, technically, wrecks.

jchez

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:06:10 -0500

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.

JenChungsBra

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:04:06 -0500

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?

Snoopy

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:04:01 -0500

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.

JoeSchumacher

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:58:21 -0500

I think these break free from the Dyckman Marina. I saw three boats in similar shape a year ago.

just_saying

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:32:42 -0500

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.

chuzzlewit

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:29:01 -0500

Jen - are you high?

Outter Burrougher

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:28:45 -0500

based on the boat pictured, I'd say it's more a marketing ploy for Gilligan's Island.

PBRK

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:25:44 -0500

What are the salvage rights to these wrecks?

joshuagallaway

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:17:11 -0500

here's a picture of it at sunset, which i like particularly.

ThisCharmingMan

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:14:54 -0500

what?