29 October 2016 | Georgia, USA
29 October 2016 | Georgia, USA
08 October 2016 | Brunswick, Georgia, USA
07 October 2016 | Hotel on West Side of Hwy I-95, Brunswick, GA, USA
07 October 2016 | Brunswick, Georgia, USA
06 October 2016 | Brunswick, Georgia, USA
05 October 2016 | Brunswick, Georgia, USA
04 October 2016 | Photo off Outer Banks near Cape Lookout, North Carolina.
27 September 2016 | Piankatank River, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA
22 September 2016 | Current Position - Sassafras River, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA
16 September 2016 | Orient, Long Island, New York, USA
11 September 2016 | Ebenecook Harbor near Boothbay Harbor, Maine, USA
07 September 2016 | Penobscot Bay, Maine, USA
05 September 2016 | Penobscot Bay, Maine, USA
04 September 2016 | North Haven, Vinalhaven, Maine, USA
28 August 2016 | Castine, Maine, USA
27 August 2016 | Belfast, Maine, USA
12 August 2016 | Mount Washington, New Hampshire, USA
06 August 2016 | Canada/USA Border Crossing
04 August 2016 | La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada
Obama Drama
22 September 2016 | Current Position - Sassafras River, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA
Vicki – Air 29 deg C, Water 25.6 deg C, Cloud 1/8, Wind 1 kn NW
We made our way down Long Island Sound spending a day anchored at Oyster Bay in heavy rain giving Vanish a lovely wash down.
Oyster Bay is also the site of President Theodore Roosevelt's summer home "Sagamore Hill" which he purchased in 1885 and lived in until his death in 1919. The number of beautiful homes lining the many harbours of Long Island is astounding. We'd found a great weather window to continue our passage down the coast off New Jersey catching the slack tide through Hell's gate on the East River in New York City at 1pm on Tuesday. As we passed under the Throggs Bridge, another cruiser (who had just turned around) announced on the radio "All you boats heading towards Hell's Gate, the East River is closed due to the United Nations General Assembly. What!!! This is the only way for us to head out to sea on our planned voyage south. President Obama was speaking that day at the UN and all access past the UN Building which is right on the East River was closed until 5.45 p.m. We turned around and returned to Manhasset Bay to wait until the following day. As the East River was again closing on Wednesday at 8.55 a.m., we made sure we were up bright and early so that we could pass the U.N. Building in plenty of time before it closed again. As we approached the U.N., there were countless NYPD boats, coast guard tenders and larger coast guard ships all with machine guns mounted on the bow. There had been a terrorist bombing in New York City early this week so security was extremely high. Maynard said, just to make me laugh I'm sure, "If Vanish's autopilot goes crazy and turns at a right angle towards the U.N., you know they're going to shoot us dead don't you?" Ha ha. Very funny. (I checked and we were not on Auto Pilot!) We dodged all machine gun bullets and continued through New York City and out into the North Atlantic Ocean overnight in NE 10-20 kn, seas 3 ft. We motored up the Delaware Bay today, through the Chesapeake/Delaware Canal and are currently anchored in one of many beautiful anchorages on the Chesapeake Bay.