On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 03:49:19 GMT, "Bill McKee"
wrote:


"Ryan Cabanas" wrote in message
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I've seen these many times before and I have no idea what they are.

I live in Manhattan and I was walking along the Hudson and I saw these
wooden poles randomly sticking up out of the water. They were various
heights and they didn't seem to be doing anything. When I rode the
Staten Island Ferry over to Staten Island, when the ferry pulled up to
dock, I noticed a very large amount of these poles right by the docking
area, as well.

What are these poles for? Thanks.

Ryan Cabanas


Pegs to keep the bottom at the bottom.

LOL!

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

I don't know whether they are used in NY waters but on the Chesapeake,
fishermen sometimes use pound nets along the shore to do their fishing.
They can stretch out pretty far into open water and looking at them
from a distance or even up close, they appear to be just clusterings of
various sized poles sticking out of the water. However, the poles are
holding up long nets underneath the water which are weighted and
attached to the bottom of the bay. Fish swim into them and get caught
in the nets. This is what they look like above the water:
http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/femad/fish...s%26Nets16.htm

Pilings from old docks which have fallen down, burned down, rotted away,
etc........, and/or old dolphins that where once used to tie up to or as
fenders when approaching a berth.

otn

"Ryan Cabanas" wrote in message
ups.com...
I've seen these many times before and I have no idea what they are.

I live in Manhattan and I was walking along the Hudson and I saw these
wooden poles randomly sticking up out of the water. They were various
heights and they didn't seem to be doing anything. When I rode the
Staten Island Ferry over to Staten Island, when the ferry pulled up to
dock, I noticed a very large amount of these poles right by the docking
area, as well.

What are these poles for? Thanks.

Ryan Cabanas

Ryan Cabanas wrote in message
ups.com...
I've seen these many times before and I have no idea what they are.

I live in Manhattan and I was walking along the Hudson and I saw these
wooden poles randomly sticking up out of the water. They were various
heights and they didn't seem to be doing anything. When I rode the
Staten Island Ferry over to Staten Island, when the ferry pulled up to
dock, I noticed a very large amount of these poles right by the docking
area, as well.

What are these poles for? Thanks.

Ryan Cabanas


A guess, but they may be winter mooring markers. Here in MA, the mooring
float balls used during the summer are replaced in the winter with wooden
"sticks".

Eisboch

If they are larger than about 6 inches then they are likely old pilings from
abandoned docks or other structures. If what you see are smaller in diameter
and out away from shore in rows, but spaced about 10 feet apart then they
are likely mooring poles for fishing nets. Both are very common in the
Hudson and a considerable hazard for pleasure craft.

--
Charley


"Ryan Cabanas" wrote in message
ups.com...
I've seen these many times before and I have no idea what they are.

I live in Manhattan and I was walking along the Hudson and I saw these
wooden poles randomly sticking up out of the water. They were various
heights and they didn't seem to be doing anything. When I rode the
Staten Island Ferry over to Staten Island, when the ferry pulled up to
dock, I noticed a very large amount of these poles right by the docking
area, as well.

What are these poles for? Thanks.

Ryan Cabanas

Ryan Cabanas wrote:
I've seen these many times before and I have no idea what they are.

I live in Manhattan and I was walking along the Hudson and I saw these
wooden poles randomly sticking up out of the water. They were various
heights and they didn't seem to be doing anything. When I rode the
Staten Island Ferry over to Staten Island, when the ferry pulled up to
dock, I noticed a very large amount of these poles right by the docking
area, as well.

What are these poles for? Thanks.

Ryan Cabanas

As many have answered, most likely pilings from old piers, docks,
structures. They are not unique to the Hudson River. Got watch for
the old Berkeley pier pilings, among others when navigating SF bay.
There are numerous such hazards out in the CA delta too.