Day 5 – (6/28/2014)

Saturday morning was spectacular. Clear skies, cool temps (long pants and jackets), but very little wind. We pulled up the anchor at 5:00 AM. This was timed to meet the flood currents in both The Narrows and Hells Gate. About an hour later, as we approached the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, there was already a lot of traffic. Cruise ships, a tug towing a barge, bulk carriers and container ships were all up early and either entering or leaving New York Harbor. We picked our way through them and headed into New York Bay and the Hudson River toward the East River.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We took the channel behind Governors Island, continued past the South Street Seaport (this is where the Macy’s fireworks show, that was televised, was held on the 4^th) and under the Brooklyn Bridge. The trip up river was quite uneventful. There was very little traffic as we wound our way passing Roosevelt and Rikers Islands, LaGuardia Airport and going under countless bridges.

We timed it perfectly and hit Hells Gate at full flood. Even so it was a smooth ride. However, it was very fast. I captured 12.2 knots on the GPS in the picture below. Our GPS trip recap however, recorded a max speed of 12.6 knots.

 

After going under the Whitestone and Throgs Neck Bridges, we were finally in Long Island Sound. City Island Yacht Club was to the North in Eastchester Bay so we headed that way. As we approached the mooring field, Dave called the launch operator and, before we knew it, he was circling our mooring ball.

(31.1 nm / 4h12m)

After a couple of celebratory rum & cokes, we rode the launch to the docks and proceeded to take long, normal showers at the yacht club. To stretch our legs, we decided to walk the town. We stopped by a diner, a favorite spot for lunch on City Island, and had a bite to eat. Then we caught up with Hank & Mel, good friends of Dave & Lois. They are living aboard a, new to them, Egg Harbor trawler in a marina close by. After visiting for a while, we walked back to CIYC and took the launch back to Resolve to rest up for dinner.

Back to CIYC for Dinner. We dined with Hank & Mel and met some other wonderful people. Our first dinner ashore was fabulous and a wonderful time was had by all.