Atlantic Highlands once more
Scott-Free’s blog
Steve & Chris
Sat 23 Jul 2011 16:33
40:25.0N
74:01.29W
Saturday 23rd July
2011
Distance run: 37
nmiles
We slipped the
mooring buoy around 1500 with not a breath of wind about. The temperature
was HOT and it was good to be on the move. Within an hour we were in the
East River and heading for Hell Gate. We passed La Guardia airport and
Rikers Island (so many prison blocks- how many criminals are in
there?!) Through Hell Gate with almost no ripples on the water, and soon
we were back in New York Harbour passing by Liberty once more. This time we were
in company with Nimue, and so both took the opportunity to take photos
of each other's boats near the statue. Unfortunately the timing of the
tides meant that we were there at late afternoon when the light is not best, and
we needed to press on to get to the anchorage before dark, so did the best we
could with the cameras.
Scott-Free with
lower Manhattan & Battery Park
behind
and saying farewell to Liberty.
As we approached the
Verrazano bridge the wind picked up a little and we were able to sail for a
short while, but then needed to hoist the iron topsail again to keep up our
speed if we hoped to reach Atlantic Highlands before dark.
We eventually
arrived at Atlantic Highlands just as it was getting dark, dropped the
anchor and hit the sack.