June 9 – 14 2022
We left Norfolk for an overnighter to Cape May NJ. Everything went amazingly to plan and arrived the next morning. The South Jersey Marina sounded better on the web site than in reality and charged a premium. We did have a chance to walk around and had a pretty good dinner at the waterfront restaurant. We were originally planning to spend an extra day to relax but less than ideal weather was approaching so the next day we left for NYC. We knew we wouldn’t be able to get to the NYC marina before it closed so we anchored out on the lee side of Sandy Hook NJ. Yuki wasn’t crazy about that, but it did give us a good night’s sleep before sailing into the Big Apple. The next morning, we did a bumpy ride into NYC going right past the Statue of Liberty. Very cool. The marina we stayed at was next to Ellis Island and Statue of Liberty so those were on our sightseeing list along with World Trade Center and 9/11 memorial. We also had a nice dinner with Sandy’s cousin in a neighborhood Italian restaurant in the lower east end.
After three nice days in NYC, we left for Stamford CT. I was nervous about going up the east River through the heart of New York City with all of the boat traffic, ferries and large ships. What I was really apprehensive about was going through Hell Gate where the currents are notorious. I spent quite a bit of time calculating the timing to hit Hell Gate at slack current. It turned out to be pretty low stress and an awesome ride looking at the city from the water.
