New York City June 11-17

Sue looking over the skyline of Manhattan, Water Dancer is at the marina directly behind


















View as we ener New York Harbor



Week of June 11-17 To the Atlantic Ocean and NYC
Sunday the 11- 46 miles, Salem River, MM 54
we said goodbye to the Chesapeake Bay – all those quaint towns and good seafood. We went through the C&D canal and over to Salem River where we anchored in a quiet spot near the town.
Monday June 12 -60 miles, Utschs,Cape May MM 114
Headed out despite some showers. Delaware Bay was very calm and stayed quiet all the way to Cape May. But the showers persisted and we were damp and cold despite having a covered flybridge (which we are very grateful to have) I make reservations at a marina where we could warm up for the night. Three more loopers came in – Freedom, Pelican and Catnip Too.
Tuesday June 13, 2006 -99miles, Island Heights NJ MM14, free dock
Good weather today – it’s calm and the sun is shining. So we’re headed into the Atlantic and will see how far we can make it. We passed Atlantic City about 11:30 and it looked like a fun place to stop. However we’re rather spooked over the tropical storm Alberto in Florida so we’d just as soon get out of this area. And we do want to take advantage of the nice calm ocean. As Jim and I went by Atlantic City, I reminisced about the time my friend Linda and I were there with my family and saw the American Bandstand show. The nice pier and boardwalk that I remember all seem to be gone. Now there are lots of hotels and we saw the Trump tower. We decided to enter the ICW at Barnegat Inlet which was rather tricky. Fortunately we followed in a local fishing boat. You could see lots of shoals and birds walking on water as we followed an S curve into the ICW. We went on for another few miles and entered Tom’s River to find the free town dock in Island Heights, NJ. An older gentleman came by while we were adjusting the lines and talked to Jim and me. We then went into town as Jim wanted to find some red wine. We then came across the same older gentleman and when Jim asked him about a wine store, he invited us to him home and gave us a nice bottle of red wine. Then we settled and became the town’s entertainment for the evening as people stop by and talk to us and we drink our wine from our new friend. Nice town and nice people.
Wednesday July 14- MM151, 86 miles, Newport marina, NYC, 3 nights $360
We are now in New York City - we came in Wednesday afternoon and cruised by the Status of liberty - that was pretty cool, we have pictures of us passing by the lady! Now in a marina across from Manhattan in Newport New Jersey. The PATH train station is a block from here and takes you across to the World Trade Center station - that's pretty eerie, you get off the train and there is still just a hole and construction vehicles. We had dinner in Chinatown on Wednesday which was very good.
On Thursday we went into the city and saw Ground Zero (very moving) and on to Times Square, Greenwich Village and Rockefeller center and then ended up with dinner in Little Italy. On Friday June 16, we slept in as we were exhausted from our New York adventure yesterday. Went over to Newport and to the mall. Visited with Judy and Jack and her son, Jeff, on JJ’s Odyssey. then went into town and had dinner in Chinatown. Same restaurant as Wednesday (we decided to stick with a good thing).
Saturday June 17, 2006-MM117, 34 miles, Haverstraw Bay
we bid farewell to NYC and headed up the Hudson. Went under the George Washington bridge and the Tappen Zee bridge. Currently we are anchored in Haverstraw Bay right near Croton. A very popular place for the locals as lots of boats are anchored near the very nice beach and park here. On our way over here, many loud fast racing boats passed us along with low flying helicopters. Best we could figure was that a boat race was happening and the helicopters had film crew from ESPN or some station. This is a disadvantage of boating without a TV hookup – unless we are at a marina or near a big city, we can’t get TV. We do have XM satellite radio and by cell phone can hook up to the internet but it’s not as convenient as turning on your TV with all the cable stations at your fingertips anytime you want to watch. Next week we plan to continue up the Hudson and spend some time enjoying the area. We should be in Waterford by the weekend and ready to start the Erie Canal.