July 17th & 18th- Atlantic Highlands, NJ to Port Washington, NY

The predicted rain never really materialized in the Highlands. The next few days are supposed to be very hot and sunny. Today was cloudy. Maybe it would be nice to go through NYC without the sun blazing down on me. We had a fair tide up the East River around mid day. We pulled up the anchor around 1:00 and headed to New York.

This trip has been such a mixture of different landscapes. I hope to get all of these pictures into some kind of book format someday. Lots of memories. I see New York City as being another very interesting landscape. Less than a month ago I was looking at cypress trees on the Alligator River and the Great Dismal Swamp.

The traffic on the River was good today. Just the usual mixture of ferries and water taxis. I mixed it up a little by taking the Brooklyn side of Governors Island (Buttermilk Channel). The United Nations has been abandoned so I was able to take the Manhattan side of Roosevelt Island thus avoiding the draw bridge on the other side. We hit close to 10 knots in the vicinity of Hell Gate. Easily our fastest speed on the entire trip.

Scenes from New York Bay and East River.

First bridge. The Verrazzano Narrows Bridge.

I noticed this ship was sitting very high on the water probably because it was unloaded and empty. I wondered if they need to fill it with cargo to get back or if they take on some kind of ballast.

Brooklyn.

One World Trade Center and the financial district.

Governors Island.

The scale of everything is amazing.

Schooner in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn Bridge.

Manhattan Bridge and One Manhattan Square.

The shell of an old factory?

I saw this sea plane take off. Must be an exciting job.

UN building.

Not sure what building this is. It reminded me of the monolith in 2001.

Ruins on Roosevelt Island.

Queensboro Bridge.

Last bridge. Throgs Neck Bridge.

Stepping Stones Light.

Long Island Sound.

We had dinner while underway and picked up a mooring in Port Washington (Long Island). We’ll stay here for a while to resupply and rest. The temperature is supposed to hit near 100 degrees F for a few days. Back in the heat. I think we’ll be jumping off the back of Catalpa frequently.

Incidentally, we passed the 10 month mark the other day.

Catalpa moored in Port Washington.