Saturday 

June 3rd, 2017

Headed out from Staten Island, past the Statue of Liberty and up the Hudson!

This is the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.  When it opened in 1962 it was the longest suspension bridge in the world.  Because of the extreme length, the bridge engineers had to take the curvature of the planet into account in its design.  The tops of the towers are slightly farther apart then the bases.

These have been all pictures of our friends in front of the statue.  When they send us pictures of our boat we will insert them here.

This is Ellis Island.

Looks like a nice party barge in upper Manhattan.

This is the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid.  It is now a Sea, Air and Space Museum.

The George Washington Bridge.  It is a double layer bridge.  It opened in 1931 during the Great Depression.  The lower second deck (known as the "Martha Washington Bridge")  was added 30 years later.

Saturday

June 3, 2017

Yesterday we went shopping at a great Italian grocery store, Frank And Sal's, and then under warm sunny skies we cleaned the boat.  After inexpensive drinks at the Great Kills Yacht Club, we prepared a wonderful pasta meal on the boat.  Fresh baked bread and meatballs with special locally made sauce.  Mmmmm so good!

This morning we woke up and started to prepare for our departure.  Looking at the weather report we saw rain in the picture until 10:30 this morning.  We relaxed and had a cup of coffee.  Heading up the Hudson at 11:00am, if all goes well.

Thursday

June 1st, 2017

We left Manasquan, NJ yesterday, under foggy skies.

Statue holding lantern is near the entrance to Manasquan Inlet..

Still quite a bit foggy early in the morning...

We pulled out onto the Atlantic Ocean around 9:30 am with our radar's on...

By the time we got to Sandy Hook Point, we could see the boats in front and behind us very clearly.

We were second from the last boat...had a pretty good ride up to Great Kills Yacht Club on Staten Island...

Today we took a 1 hour ride on the New York city express bus to the 911 memorial...

One of the new towers...

This is one of two identical memorials.  It is directly over the area where the North Tower stood...they have another just like it for the South Tower...

Around the tower memorials are the names of the ones who passed when the towers came down...

North Tower location...

We decided to take the Staten Island Ferry back to, of course, "Staten Island."

No charge for the ferry ride...

Cool!

Area where we just left from the ferry...

New York skyline...

Passed very near to the Statue of Liberty...

We can anchor over night just to the left of Ms. Liberty...

but we don't plan to...

When we leave Great Kills Yacht Club we hope to get a picture of our boat in front of the statue.  

Tuesday

May 30th, 2017 evening edition

Fire and Rescue dove on a race boat to raise it that collided with another in last weeks high speed race.

Not much to see so far until they lift her up and out...

Tuesday

May 30th, 2017

Manasquan Inlet which we hope to be heading out of tomorrow, Wednesday, morning... Weather report shows the winds at 5mph...and we'll be heading to the Great Kills Yacht Club on Staten Island, just south of New York...

Today though, it's still rolling...

Below, pictures are from our walk along the ocean side boardwalk...

The homes you see are all rentals.  We were told this is a New York summer vacation area.

Jeff, Brenda, Mike and Joell all dressed warm for the beach.

This bar is right on the water.  All inclosed with sliding doors.  Great for a blustery day like today. 

Here we are looking at the ocean front bar from the outside.

Carnival stile booth after booth.

Many small restaurants.

We ate lunch today at this restaurant.  We looked for the one with four enclosed walls.