GL: Findings on the Hudson...

[Jeffrey Siegel]

 > Haverstraw Marina was a bit over-rated in the
 > cruising guide...

There are multiple problems that printed cruising guides have.  The  
two biggest ones are that the data is out of date the moment they are  
printed and advertising-tainted-content tends to make everything sound  
nice and inviting.  Carry around an old guide for a few years and see  
how many phone numbers are no longer correct.  We got tired of finding  
the information so out of date.

Then, seriously, everyone realizes that the cruising guidebooks out  
today get a major portion of their revenues from advertising from the  
marinas mentioned, right?  There are some books that don't use this  
practice, but the majority of them do.  It's easy to tell - look for  
the nice, full-page, color pages designed by the marinas themselves.

So think about it - how often do you think you're going to see a  
negative comment about a marina in a guidebook?  And how many  
anchorages to you think will be mentioned?

Haverstraw has 3 stars in ActiveCaptain.  That's not terrible but it  
tells me that it isn't a stellar facility.  A link to Haverstraw's  
marker is:
http://www.activecaptain.com/OTW.php?lat=41.216&lon=-73.966&zoom=3&type=3

-or-

http://tinyurl.com/cn99uu


 > Newburgh gets a nice write up in Dozier's Waterway
 > Cruising Guide but was way over-rated.

Let's check the ActiveCaptain marker for Front Street Marina in  
Newburgh.  It was given 2 stars with 3 reviews.  That tells me you  
need to be careful.  Then here's one of the reviews written almost 2  
years ago:

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Captain: Shon Barnett, Kiawah Island, SC (151)

...The dockhand warned us away from going into town because it isn't  
safe. The staff were helpful even though they seemed green.
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Want to bet that you'll never see information like that in Waterway  
Guide?

Here's the link to Front Street:
http://www.activecaptain.com/OTW.php?lat=41.503&lon=-74.005&zoom=3&type=1

-or-

http://tinyurl.com/dml6vk



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Jeffrey Siegel
M/V aCappella
DeFever 53RPH
W1ACA/WDB4350
Castine, Maine

www.activecaptain.com
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