A long month! Snow! Cold! Snow! Cold! More Snow....

It has been about a month since my last post and it continues to snow. Back on January 17, I thought I was a week away from launching Cyclone on the River, or Tivoli South Bay. Instead a series of snowstorms has stymied any attempts.  Here's the tally - to the best of my recollection:
Jan 25- 3";
Jan 26 - 5" (the non-blizzard);
Feb 2 - 11"
Feb 5 - 1"
Feb 9 - 5"
Feb 15 - 3"
scattered between those storms were at least 3 mornings of below zero temperatures.
The ice is thick, but buried beneath a blanket of snow.   Following, a snapshot of images over the last few weeks...

Cyclone, ready to go, on the trailer.
Looking out from the garage,
in the middle of the 11" storm of Feb. 2nd.

Aft end of the cockpit. with too much snow just outside the garage...

Just south of Mid Hudson Bridge Feb. 6,  -3F;
 smooth ice across the Hudson at Poughkeepsie. 

Looking West at Highland, 2/6/15.
That's Black Ice off of the East Shore in Poughkeepsie.

South toward Trap Rock 2/6/15. Got me thinking..
When was the last time this section of the river was sailed??
see next picture....

Kaal Rock, Poughkeepsie. Feb. 14, 1887
 Eskimo approaches the stake in the race for the Ice Yacht Challenge Pennant of America.
Note windward runner is in a slight hike. How close are those spectators actually??
Archie Rogers, sailing Jack Frost for the HRIYC, won this race for the Challenge Pennant. Eskimo, built by Jacob Buckhout for  Phillips Phoenix, of Tuxedo Lake, came in seventh. She sailed for the Poughkeepsie Ice Yacht Club. Eskimo is likely the boat referenced in this NYT article of 1886. 

Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge - Walkway Over the Hudson.
Valentine's day picture of Eskimo, above, was shot just south of here
 along the eastern shore.
River ice is locked in shore to shore here. 

Walkway Over the Hudson, 2/6/15 Ice solid across to the channel.

Mid Hudson bridge to the south, Walkway Bridge to the north.

Looking south, from Marist College waterfront. 

Lots of ice, drifted snow on top.

Panorama looking west to Highland from Marist College in Poughkeepsie; 2/6/15.