Doing the Loop in GH 3

"I say goodbye to all my sorrows And by tomorrow I'll be on my way. I guess the Lord must be in New York City." Lyrics to The Lord must live in New York City, Harry Nilsson

Credit for our cover picture of Bucket List sailing rapidly under jib only toward the Statue of Liberty in NY Harbor goes to Andrew T. on Tranquility 2. He also took the video below of Bucket List sailing toward the Statue of Liberty.

How awesome to sail in NY Harbor and then proceed up the Hudson River.
The following images of New York Harbor and The Hudson River speak for themselves!

We approached the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and New York Harbor motoring not far behind our friends, Andrew and Jack, on Tranquility 2.


Sailing into NYC Harbor with Tranquility 2 with an extra push from an incoming tidal current.



Approaching Lady Liberty


Lady Liberty at Night.
This photo was taken from our anchorage just behind the Statue of Liberty. We stayed just outside the security perimeter so that the grumpy security boat would not have to come yell at us.


Liberty in Daylight.
We got this picture of the Statue of Liberty from our sailboat in NY Harbor!


Anchorage Behind Liberty Island


Watching the movie Sully while anchored in NY Harbor.
This was especially fun because Sully landed a commercial plane on the Hudson River not far from where we were anchored.


NYC Harbor at Night


NYC Skyline - daylight.
The New York City skyline is impressive by day or by night, to be sure. It is even more impressive when viewed from the deck of your own sailboat in New York Harbor.


Freedom Tower with Green Spire.
On the evening of June 1,2017, we caught this photo in which the spire on the top of the Freedom Tower was illuminated green as a political protest over Trump pulling the US put of the Paris Climate Accord of 2015.


Ellis Island


Le Grand Bleu.
This private yacht, one of the largest in the world, was anchored in NY Harbor. It is an impressive 374 feet long and boasts two 4570 horse power engines. Near the rear of the boat you will notice a 73 foot sailboat on the deck with its own crane to launch it. The sailboat on the deck is more than twice the length of our sailboat. Out of sight on the other side of this motor yacht is a 68 foot power boat with its own launching crane. Quite a sight to see.


At the insistence of our older son, we took the train from Croton-Harmon into NYC for the day. Andrew showed us how to use our iPad to take mass transit. So we planned to take Line 5 of the subway to ground zero. Unfortunately, Line 5 was not operating that day, so we had a great time walking the streets of NYC instead.

Metro to NYC


Ceiling - Grand Central Station


Bloom's Deli
We enjoyed an old school lunch at the traditional Bloom's Deli on Lexington Ave. Several walls were covered with photos of the many celebrities who have eaten there...no one took our photo.


Empire State Building as seen from the sidewalk on 5th Avenue


Empire State Building - the TOP as seen from the observation deck.



NYC going to the Birds


Tappan Zee Bridge
The north end of NY Harbor is framed with this bridge. At the foot of the bridge is an older small red lighthouse which was the subject of a children's book, "The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge" by Hildegarde Swift. This book was read on TV by Captain Kangaroo and enjoy by Tom in the 1950s.


Sing Sing.
Maximum security prison which we prefer not to see any closer than this.


West Point. US Army Academy.



Preview of CIA from the Hudson. A few days after seeing this building from our boat on the Hudson River, we attend a cooking class at this famous culinary institute.















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