NYC is now behind us to the south
05 July 2012 | West Pont, NY
Randy - More HOT
As you can see from today's picture, we made a stop at the Statue of Liberty with intentions to stay there and catch the fireworks show for both NJ and NYC. As it turns out, NJ canceled their show so after one night, we made the decision to move up the Hudson River to the 79th St. Marina and pick up a mooring. This enabled us to catch the show from the comfort of Kristinly and avoid going out into the bay in our dinghy and also set up our next day heading north about 8 nm father north than the statue. The show was fantastic as always and we had a relaxing evening, with the exception of when the show ended. At that moment, many boats (too many to count) took off at once heading home north and left ridiculous wakes that had us bouncing around for about half an hour.
We met some new friends while at the statue. Jim and Chris on s/v ULLR (which is the Greek god of something that is not printable here, according to Jim) and enjoyed cocktails and shared stories with them Tuesday night. In the small world category, they are friends with Don and Maryann on s/v Straight from the Heart who sent messages to both of us when she realized we were going to be in Sandy Hook at the same time. We found each other and the rest is history. Also of note, Jim and Chris have the most unusual dinghy motor - an old ESKA lower unit with a 4 HP Briggs and Stratton lawn mower engine mounted as the power head. As crazy as it sounds, it works!
We also met a couple on a boat named Windancer (Maryann and I did not get the other woman's name) Long Island who were very nice.
We are making good time today and plan to drop the hook around Kingston. We expect to stop at Castleton-on-the-Hudson late Friday and will ustep the mast there on Saturday. We will then head to the canal for transit through the 12 locks at the south end of Lake Champlain. Sorry Dean and Susan, (at Hop-O-Nose Marina in Catskill, NY) but we will miss you this trip. Have to get back home to get to work.