make sure your cousin understands the timing of the tide through Hell Gate going up the East River from the LI Sound to the
Hudson, 5 kt currents and pretty tight quarters at times, it can get squirrely
google actually has a '
street view' of the trip, kinda cool
Not sure how far north you're heading, but there's a lot of 'stuff' heading down the river in early spring. I've seen whole trees, root end down, branches sticking out of the
water, heading down stream this time of year, it gets worse the farther north you go.