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Rapid NY Class IV

What About Bob?

Hoosic - 3. Schaghticoke Dam to Powerhouse (NY)

Gauge Conditions
Runnable: 1,200.0 – 4,000.0 CFS
Photo
What About Bob?
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

What About Bob? is named after Bob Mackie. The beginning of the rapid is soon after the above unnamed rapid, but the tail end of the rapid can best be seen from the Big Eddy at the end of the carriage road. During the flow study we scouted and saw that, while runnable, the channel to the far river right is much more challenging than the center channel. Bob had decided to try to avoid the right channel. The problem is just above the rock that divides the river into those two channels is a funnel feature that really picks up speed through the rapid. Bob tried to make his way back to the left after the funnel, but failed. He was forced into the running the right channel. He disappeared from sight to all the others at the eddy above the funnel. Things went OK for him. I think he swam, but he wasn't the only one who swam at "What about Bob?" (I think I managed to stay in my boat until I washed into the Big Eddy before I swam.)

Location
Type
Rapid
Difficulty
Class IV
Mile Marker
0.5 mi
Directions
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3. Schaghticoke Dam to Powerhouse
Hoosic
III+(V) 1.8 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater