The UN.

Everything in NY is big. This Pepsi sign is about six stories high.

No, that house isn't on the ground on a hill, with trees etc planted in the yard. It's on top of about a 20 story building.

This is our plotter screen, showing us on the East River, headed into Hell Gate. The tide was running against us, and we were fighting a five knot current. Kinda like going up the rapids. We were at 3.9 knots at this point, but we were down to 2.7 knots at one point. I was a little busy navigating Hell Gate to take a picture.

The great bridges of New York.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rikers Island

Planes flying over us into LaGuardia.

The beaches are a little crowded on a hot Sunday Afternoon.

We arrived at Joe's Yacht Club in the heat of the afternoon, so it was time for a dip, a drink, and catch up with great friends.

Eleven days and 800 miles

I thought I would post our trip to NY before we go into the city tomorrow. We are so excited to see NY from the water.

Eleven days of travel, and eight hundred miles since we left Charleston, SC, and we are anchored just outside New York City. Not much time to do any exploring, because most days were 8 to 10 hours, so by the time we got anchored or into a marina, there wasn't much time to explore. The trip has been good for the most part, with calm seas, and nice days, with lots to see along the way, but Friday night was not fun. I'm sure you saw on the news, all the storms that moved through the East coast. We were anchored in Atlantic City, and around 01:30, the storm rolled through. This was about the worst storm we have ever been anchored out in, and we have been in some bad ones. September Song heeled over the most she ever has. Our snubber lines (5/8's braided) snapped, and our snubber hook (1/2 inch SS) bent. May-Days were being called on the VHF to the Coast Guard from boats grounded, and others in trouble. Our anchor held, and we were one of the lucky ones. When we went out the inlet today, I called the Coast Guard to report a fishing boat about a mile off shore that was half sunk. I talked to the SeaTow guy, and he said this was the worst he has seen. Most of the city lost power, and they were still without power when we left today.


September Song (NYC here we come) out
Bob


We were at the free dock in Great Bridge, just before the lock, and this huge rig came by our boat after locking through. It took four tugs to keep it in the channel. 

Going through the Great Bridge Bridge.

Guess where Mom and Dad took us!

Yep, ICE CREAM!

Only 160 miles to Norfolk.

Time for Mom and Godiva to take a nap

Kids, enjoying the water, on a hot day, along the ICW. "Mom and Dad, can we go play with them?"

Mother osprey and three babies. It must have been a good year. Most nests we passed had two and alot had three babies.

It doesn't get any calmer than this on the Chesapeake.

You know you are on the Chesapeake when.....When you start to see the Waterman boats. 

It was nice to stop at a marina for the night, after a hot day on the water.

Hi gorgeous!

It's always way cool to see all the ships in port in Norfolk.

 

This crane looks like something out of a science fiction movie.

 

Don't look now, but we are in a bombing practice range. That's a target they use.

Headed into our marina for the night at Solomons. That's a lot of sailboats. 

Our welcoming committee.

Rough day on the Chesapeake.

Now that's a channel marker.

Time for a night out in Cape May.