Hour Glass has been in the family my entire life, but in July 2019, she became mine. On July 28th, I set off for the boat’s new home in Rochester, NY with my mom, my sister, and my friend Charlie as crew. Sadly, Zoie couldn’t join me for the trip due to work constraints. After leaving the dock at 5 AM, we bid a final farewell to Hour Glass’s long time home of Stamford, CT.
Ready for departure (not so) bright and earlyLeaving Stamford HarborA final view of the Stamford Harbor lighthouseLeaving Stamford slowly behind at around 7 kts while we waited for enough daylight to get on plane and make better timeMore daylight arrived shortly and we were well on our wayMom gets a turn at the helm while I grab some breakfastAbout an hour into our trip we pass the lighthouse at Execution RocksShortly after that, we’re coming into NYC with me at the helmSeveral bridges later, the Hell Gate provides a nice view with the rising sunFollowed by us making the turn into the Harlem RiverWhere we get some nice views of the buildings in NYCWe continue to pass under bridge after bridgeUntil we reach the Spuyten Duyvil railroad bridgeWhere we wait patiently for the bridge to swing openUpon turning into the Hudson we’re greeted by the biggest traffic we’ve seen so farWe pass under the new Tappan Zee Bridge
Up to this point, we’d been making excellent time and had seen very little traffic, likely due to limited commercial traffic on a Sunday. However, a few minutes after passing under the Tappan Zee and almost exactly four hours into the trip, that excellent progress came to a sudden end as the port transmission stopped transmitting power. So we limped along for a bit until reaching Haverstraw, NY where we stopped to assess the problem.
On disassembly, we found this plate in the reduction unit to be missing its teeth
We unfortunately lost a few days in Haverstraw before we had the transmission all sorted out and ready to go and then another half-day due to thunderstorms.
