I am Shipwrecked

Mrs. Mutiny pulled a fast one on me this afternoon. I took one of the barnacles with me at 5AM to do a rum run on the Hudson. All things were fine.

However I went back out for another run this afternoon. I also had to get some dish detergent for Mrs. Mutiny to scrub the barnacles of the serving platters in her kitchen.

A keg of of Harpoon IPA went flat at Dockside. I stayed til they fixed it. Then went out on a rough sea excursion up to the island and back.

I got soaked..........so I sailed back to Dockside or a rum and coke and to check on the IPA. All was fine I went t Sewart's got the detergent and when I came home Mrs. Mutiny informed me of her choosing to go to an adults only BBQ at her cousins in Po'town.

Her excuse........................"I work Mondays anyway and the party is the same as my work hours"

ARRRGGHHHHHHH...............Capt. Wayneright has walked his own plank today!

The Rum is Flowing

5AM EDT: Set sail on the river looking for rum pirates, and maybe a bar open early, on this sunny morning. Not a sole (human or fish) in sight. Caught the end of the flow north. Headed north to the former Yanni's (now Dockside Grill). Figured since they had a band playing on Sunday afternoon maybe they would still be playing this morning. No such luck.

After leaving the safety zone of the flats we just floated back down to the launch site. Encountered no gunfire until we got to Stewart's and saw possible rum pirates in camouflage fatigues. They jumped in their truck when they saw us and took off.

May have to head back out on the river this afternoon just in case.

Capt. (Low Classs) Parsons W. Wayneright

Tivoli Bays: A-Maze-ing

It was a Mother of a day at work so I set sail at noon. Headed to River Connection in Hyde Park for some new shades and water booties.

After taking in the sites at the store, decided I still would like a paddle shop of me own, and set my directional for Tivoli Bays.

I have heard that Tivoli Bays is a nice spot to paddle. Good thing I checked the tide because when low you could get stuck in the mud for several hours as much of the waterways in the bays are shallow.
I paddled through a seemingly endless maze of small flows and never made it to the river!

No big deal though! The scenery was beautiful the smell, swampy, and fish everywhere.
A large carp or large mouth bass almost landed in me dinghy when I came too close!

No pirates stealing rum here. They would get lost if they tried. And we took no fire either.

Settled in at Dockside in Athens with my land lubbing four wheeler: Bad scene Mom's Day buffet for $19.99..............no bar menu for for us regular rusty scuppers.

They did have rum though!

Happy Mothers' Day you Garbage Scows!

Capt. Low Class

Parsons W. Wayneright

No Somalis on The HudsonYet. Just Jerks on Shore

We took the stealth Acadia 11.5 out for our first patrol Sunday. Absolutely beautiful day on the river. Shad fishermen everywhere, kayakers about Middle Ground Flats Island. The water is still very cold which is why we went solo. Good thing.

On the return trip we set anchor at Dockside Grill in Athens. Went inside for a cold one. Good crowd for a Sunday afternoon. Quaffed down a beer after chatting with the guys from Main Street Band and confirming the photo shoot for May 2nd.

I jumped back aboard the Acadia and paddled along the docks then out to the river to set sail back to the boat launch. As I was passing the middle of the docks on the river side trouble started.

I forgot that Sundays the outside bar area at Dockside is taken over by bikers. They began hurling swear words my way like F*&#K you I'll kick your a$$ you stupid paddler.
There were also taking on three other paddlers who passed through just before I did.

I do feel they were Somali sleeper cells! Some pirates afraid of cold water. I do think however that these morons will not have much luck hijacking boats on the Upper Hudson. What would they do with blacktop and rock salt anyway?


Capt. No Class


Parsons Wayneright

Spring season? Yeah right?

The Hudson is incredibly high right now. Upstream dams left open to let out some of the snow melt and rain coming today.

Looking forward for the first warm day to get out on the river

Capt. No Class
PArsons W. Wayneright

Cruisin for some Cruzan

Needless to say we are not kayaking these days. But we are rummin'. Bought a bottle of Cruzan bottled in the USVI. Good smoothe dark estate bottled stuff.
Now you know you will not hear much about the subtle nuances of oak with tannins from barnacles or stuff like that.

It's simple: This stuff tastes good

I was going to try Hudson river Rum but at $39.99 for 375 ml1! A little out of this guys price range for now.

However I am a little disappointed by the rum selection at Arlington Wine and Liquor which otherwise is one hell of a store. Excellent service.

Just very little rum to choose from.

Which is why we peruse the Middle Ground flats making sure that what little rum supply there is does not run out.

I remain: landlocked until spring

Capt. (No class whatsoever) PW Wayneright

Brought the Baby Barnacles On Patrol Today

Johnathan Livingston Seagull the XII gives (or better yet leaves behind) his opinion of Barrack Osama on his perch at buoy #271 near Coxsackie Sunday October 5th.

In honor of Columbus Day Another Mutiny sailed under electric power today. On board was the captain and the two little barnacles. We landed on Middle Ground Island and immediately Abby found buried treasure. She dug up a dollar bill buried there by PW Jr. yesterday. PW buried his dollar on the island instead of putting it under the mattress. Ya see the little ones often look under Jr's mattress for buried treasure. Jr buried the dollar since he had no other idea how to survive last weeks financial turmoil.

We encountered no gun fire today. Came across two other pirates building a get warm fire on the east side of the island. Seems their rum boats filled with water.........

They said they were fine and we sailed on back to port.

Capt. Lowest Class Parsons W. Wayneright.