Around 8:30 we leave our protected
little cove. Wind and waves are pretty moderate on the Hudson. We
immediately put out the head sail and motor sail halfway to the
Tappan Zee Bridge. Once we get beyond the Bridge the wind dies and
the water is almost flat to the George Washington Bridge. With all
the rain and wind we had expected to be dodging a lot of debris, but
apparently the wind and waves had pushed it all to shore by now. We
saw absolutely nothing floating in the water, except birds. We caught
the current all the way to lower Manhattan before it started to turn
against us. Fortunately, by then the wind picked up and we put out
the jib and were able to maintain a good speed all the way to
Atlantic Highlands.
Now our third time by the Statue of
Liberty in less than a week, Linda doesn't even look up from her
book. I hardly look at the chart plotter since I am now more familiar
with these waters than I had planned to be.
Our friend Dawn meets us for dinner.
She was there to check up on her and Dan's boat. Dan was away on a
family emergency, his son just had an appendectomy. Apparently we
missed an exciting time at Atlantic Highlands. Thursday and Friday
they were hauling boats at a fast clip, no bottom washing.
By Friday afternoon and Saturday and
into Sunday the launch stopped running. At high tide the waves were
washing over the breakwater. Talked with the two Vermont power
boaters. They said they were bounced pretty hard on the docks. A
couple other boats that were anchored behind the break water were
boat bound for two days because it was too rough to get ashore. I am
sure glad we missed all that. Would of been fun to watch from
ashore, as long as our boat wasn't out there. All in all there was
not much damage, a couple Bimini's that owners had left up.
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