We are out of the salt water! Brian immediately started washing the boat. From now on there won’t be salt crust on the boat after every days run. We stayed…
Read MoreHalf Moon Bay Marina; Dams, Trains, and NYC
Category: 2023 Leg Four
Hell gate to The Hudson
We went from Port Washington to Croton on Hudson in one day, timing the pass through Hells Gate so that we had a good push up the Harlem River, the…
Read MoreOld Saybrook, Bridgeport and back to Long Island
Old Saybrook turned out to be a lovely place to sit out some of the weather. We also got to watch a lot of avid fishing activity in the rain.…
Read MorePadanaram and Mystic Seaport
The next "idyllic New England village" on the list was Padanaram and we saw Round Hill as soon as we neared the point. Brian had worked here in 1984…
Read MoreNew Bedford to Cape Cod
The New Bedford experience began by passing through their hurricane barrier into the busy harbor. As we passed through it, I did feel like they could protect the city in…
Read MoreNewport
We came into Newport with dour weather and moods to match. It didn't take long to fall under the spell of this incredibly sail friendly town. The cliff homes were…
Read MoreConnecticut
We made a last minute change to the plan and crossed Long Island Sound to Clinton, CT. A shallow entry, protected harbor with a family resort type marina. Brian biked…
Read MoreLong Island
Our boat took a right turn at the Battery and the other Loopers headed north up the Hudson and just like that, we were boating alone again. This is what…
Read MoreWhy not, it’s N Y C
We left Manasquan a day early because, yep the forecast completely changed. We had only one day to go outside not two. We surfed out of the inlet to the…
Read MoreThe NJ inside route part two
Our flotilla left Atlantic City with good notes on our route and continued to snake northward reading out our depths to the other boats. The wind probably kept some of…
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