There she is in all her glory and what a day we had to cruise NH along the New Jersey Coastline under the Verrazano Narrows Bridge into Manhattan and under The Throgs Bridge to Long Island Sound. Always an incredible experience and a true challenge for any Skipper. Nandad takes it all in his stride after several trips with Lambay and Ireland’s Eye but each trip is unique and concentration is key. There are lots of barges, tugs, commercial traffic, ferries, sailboats, motorboats, jet skies all jostling for a spot on the water. We are all tied up at the dock at Safe Harbor Capri in Manhasset Bay when we are approached by a fellow cruiser welcoming us ( we met them at the beginning of our cruise in Cape May ). They are heading back to Maine after spending the winter months in Stuart FL. Just goes to show it’s a small world after all. A lovely evening to relax and soak up the sun on the cockpit , washdown ( after a sloppy ride down the East River ) and watch the beautiful moon almost at its peak and ever so bright ( why couldn’t it have been like that when we crossing the Gulf Stream ! ).
The picture below is the Arabella ( whose home port was Newport ) anchored in New York Harbor. She is now a chartered boat and is likely just back from the Caribbean. Always nice to see her so majestic - maybe someday we will do a charter on her.
We also got a snap of Fortinet - Best Western ( Romain Attanasio took ownership of the boat in 2021 ) which is on course for the Vendee Globe 2024 - the Vendee Globe is a single - handed non-stop, non- assisted round-the-world sailing race - sounds crazy to me ! There are a number of sailing yachts from France docked at One 15 Brooklyn Marina NY.
Tomorrow we have a reservation for Danforth Port Jefferson. We have not been here for quite sometime and will it will bring back lots of memories of Blue Water Sailing cruises and cruising with Roland and Mona. Those were the good olde days.
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