We waited patiently for the tide to rise enough for us to clear the little shoal in Five Mile River... using the time to change the fuel filters and find an air leak in the fuel line that has been plaguing us for months... I also replaced two blocks that connect the windvane to the wheel... although more work needs to be done here... Below the boat continues to be more and more ready for the sea....

We sailed with the current west in Long Island Sound and into the East River where we hit 13.1 knots speed over the ground. I had a reefed main up and the genoa ready to go incase the engine failed us.... not something we expected... but since the current was as fast as our boat speed I wanted some control should the unexpected happen.

Well, it didn't happen... and Isobel slept through the whole thing! And we passed the NY harbor without the normal weekday crazyness (ferries and water taxis)... although three cruise ships were outbound with us. Because of our late departure, we arrived at sunset and anchored next to a 35' Hallberg Rassy, our friends on Macana (a Cat) and a boat from Vermont called Grace. This is where we first met Coot... and we miss them...