"We're gonna be a part of it... New York, New York"!!!!
We made it to New York (or at least Sandy Hook, NJ just outside of New York Harbor). Because we had a great weather window (Sunday and Monday early were forecasted to be great but late Monday into Wednesday looked iffy), we Left Cape May on Sunday morning with about 200 feet (or less) of visibility due to really thick fog. Honestly, it may have been advantageous because we couldn't see both sides of the somewhat narrow and very rocky jetty that lined the inlet so it wasn't as scary to traverse as it was coming in with 25 knot winds, huge waves and clear skies!
We ended up motoring the first three hours or so because of the poor visibility. Finally the sun came out, the fog lifted and we shut off the engine. The weather couldn't have been more perfect! We had a 10-15 knot southwesterly wind and clear skies. The trip was about 100 miles and we calculated that it would take us about 20 hours. With the perfect winds, we ended up have to drop the forward sails and let the mainsail out to slow us down (GPS had us arriving in the middle of night and we didn't want to enter a very busy and new to us inlet at night). What a treat! About 3am, we were treated to the 3/4 moon setting to the west and the Manhattan skyline just ahead of us. The sun came up about 5:30 just as we reached the mouth of the New York Harbor. It was spectacular. Couldn't help but wonder how many natives have actually seen the city from the water with the sun rising over it!!!!
Anyway, we made it and can't wait to see what's in store! As the song (sort of) goes, "If we can make it (to) here, we can make it (to) anywhere"!
Until next post!
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