October 2nd- Old Saybrook CT to Port Jefferson NY

Easy day today. The flood tide carried us up the sound. Some sailing in the morning then motoring in the afternoon. We anchored just inside the entrance to Port Jefferson harbor, near a nice beach. We didn’t go into town.

Some scenes from Port Jefferson

Ollie posing, Evergreen anchored in the background. Port Jeff

October 3rd- Port Jefferson to Port Washington NY

We traveled further up Long Island Sound to Port Washington. Today turned out to be a hot day. We’ve been racing to get away from the cool fall weather. Tried to get diesel but the fuel dock had a line. Grabbed a mooring for the night and we all went in for a walk. Normally we try to plan a few extra days in Port Washington but we’re trying to get down to NJ so we can meet up with some family.

Sunset. Port Washington NY

October 4th- Port Washington NY to Atlantic Highlands NJ

We left around noon time to catch the current down the east river. This is our 5th time on the East River. I am still mesmerized by NYC. We are often moving faster than the traffic.

Every time we go down the river I photograph this building. It started out as a shell of the factory.

Big barge going by.

Brooklyn Bridge

Liberty

There was a evening regatta in Sandy Hook bay.

We ended the day and anchored in the harbor at Atlantic Highlands. We’ll be here for a few days. We want to visit with family. We also have some weather blowing in so we’ll stay here until a window opens to get down the NJ coast.

Ollie is hiding. He does these things occasionally. Sometimes he’ll hide behind a tree.

October 5th to 9th – Atlantic Highlands NJ

There has been some challenging weather but we have enjoyed our stay in Atlantic Highlands. We met up with my Aunt and Uncle and went to visit my, 99 year old, Grandfather. He has followed this blog and we’ve often discussed the places that Lynne and I have sailed to. 

A visit with Pop.

On our Anniversary we got drenched with rain. Lynne and I went to shore with light rain gear and were completely unprepared for the amount of rain that was about to fall on our heads. Ollie didn’t like it either.

Upon our return to Evergreen we found our neighbor’s boat was entangled with another unmanned vessel that had drifted down on them. I kind of used the dinghy as a tug boat/ battering ram to help out. Eventually everything was sorted out and no damage was done.

Definitely a bad situation when a boat drags it’s anchor. Photo from S/V Clara.

Weather is improving. Time to move.