Sailing into New York Harbor with 20 knots of wind and a knot of current with us.

Maybe it is the crystal clear June weather. Maybe it was a good night's sleep, maybe it is because we have sailed here before.... but Long Island Sound doesn't seem so big anymore! Of course the last time we were here was October, and it was not nice weather. It seemed that we were always leaving late and getting into anchorages late. Today we have 30 miles to go to Port Jefferson... and that is nothing, especially with a forecast of NW winds of 10 knots and the current with us.

In Cape May, NJ we were able to pick up a copy of Eldridge's, which provides all the tide and current information for the east coast. We realized that our old book was good through 2009... so we did the Chesapeake and Delaware Bay using Tides and Currents off the chart plotter, which we don't feel is always correct. Using the current tables, yesterday we always had the current with us across Raritan Bay, around Manhattan, up the East River and into Manhasset Bay. We were worried when we saw other boats headed out at 9 am for the same destination... They must have stopped along the way or fought the 3 knot currents in the East River.