New York New York..

Well yesterday June 20 we tied up at Liberty Marina in New York(Thanks Bill), and took care of some personal things. The marina is Awesome, there is a Ferry boat for 5 bucks that drops you right in the financial district, a VERY good VERY expensive restaurant. Heck the restaurant even had a shakespearean play going on to entertain the outside guests. We enjoyed ourselves so much we decided to stay another day and celebrate a early Anniversary for my folks. We were looking forward to "The Producers" but instead caught "Wicked", and it was pretty cool. The whole story was about the Good witch and the Wicked Witch Pre-Dorothy. VERY funny play and recommend pretty much anyone to see it, and I'm not the type typically who goes to these things without arm twisting. By the way in this marina you have night views of BOTH the NY skyline AND the statue of liberty. Well the statue may be a stretch, but you can walk 10 minutes and see it VERY clearly..

Well today we looked at the charts and are planning on going to Port Jefferson(Again thanks bill), the town kinda reminds me of a St. Michaels at least on the web. It will be nice to find another small town thats quaint. Well if you all have any suggestions let me know.

Oh, a funny.. We've gone about 300nm so far, anchored out, run the genset(A/C) to keep the flies out(Thanks Deleware river). Anyway all the dockmasters give us a puzzeled look as we tell them no thanks to the fillup. I'm only down about 150 gallons which is right on par for 3 gph and 1/2 gph for the genset.

Hmm.. Oh, New York harbour was a piece of cake(Thanks AIS).. The ferry boats do just rip through, but you can see them long before they get to you on the AIS. The stabilizers help remove lots of the lumpiness, so it was pretty darn smooth and I was very surprised..

Hmm.. What else can I say... It really is nice going to a place like New York and coming to "Home". You have plenty of water to shower like you wish, wash clothes, no trips to the marina bathroom for showers and clothes!! Heck, you throw in some clothes while your underway and save your onshore time for exploring!! Even though we really did love our American Tug 34, it really is nice having some of the features of the Krogen that we have now. We really feel spoiled on this boat.

Oh my Mom (Peggy), says that she loves this boat, "It Sizzles and smooth as a Rolls Royce". My dad has been totally into a book I gave him(Crossing under Power by Ken Williams).

Oh one funny.. The ferry boats here have to pilothouses, a true double ender!! When they go a.. Backwards?? The GPS shows them doing 35 knots backwards!!! Very strange when looking at it.

Anyway until tomorrow early 6am departure.. Email me, I'm bored at parts of the trip.

JP