New York City
After sitting for a week at Cape May in the wind & the weather, we did an overnighter. We had forgotten how hard they are, but we arrived at the entrance to N.Y. harbor in the fog just as daylight was trying to break. Out of the fog came a huge freighter; we thought it was anchored except I was on the helm, & it kept getting bigger. No running lights; nothing to tell us it was moving toward us out of the fog. I headed for his stern as Jerry called him to tell him his running lights were out. No answer. Just another rock in the road!
We picked up a mooring at the 79th St Boat Basin. There we sat bouncing, but we were in Manhattan-1 block from the subway-4 blocks from Central Park & only a taxi ride from Carnegie Deli. Jerry was 1 happy boater. We hardly got our lines on the mooring buoy before he had the dinghy in the water. The current raced past us up the Hudson at 2 or more knots for 4 hrs. then turned around, took a little breather & raced the other way.
We were in Manhattan for 4 nights-ate Pastrami 3 times-saw The Producers at the St. James, the ballet, Midsummer's Night Dream, at Lincoln Center, & Mama Mia at the Wintergarden. That was all the fun we could handle. We stole a fishermen's lure & hook with our dinghy as he fished off the walk on Riverside Dr., we shopped at Bloomingdales, Jerry was a dear as I happily walked every floor.
We are now anchored at City Island after chugging then racing through Hell's Gate an aptly named exit into Long Island Sound.
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- June 28, 2003