Q's End: Licence to Travel: New York, New York

Liberty Landing, Jersey City NJ

(Sat. July 23 - Dist: 108.6 mi; Avg Speed: 18.0 mph; TTT: 6:00 hrs)

Another decent day on the ocean... after the first 90 minutes anyway. In the harbor it did look hazy again but off shore there was still a thin layer of fog. Fortunately it was not near as bad as we experienced in Cape May. Visibility was a few hundred yards, maybe a quarter mile, so we carried on through the inlet...Then we hit a series of 5 foot waves which were not in the forecast what-so-ever. The only thing that I can figure is that the shoal across the inlet, even though the depth was still 16 feet, caused the normal 2-3 rollers to come up higher. Linda wanted to turn around immediately but we pushed forward to deeper water and lo and behold the ocean was what we were expecting. An hour later the fog was gone and we were cruising comfortably again.

New York harbor is a very busy place even on the weekend. Famous ferries like above and all manner of ships, barges, tour boats and water taxis. The river is plenty wide so it really was not that problematic. The Statue of Liberty was further up the river than I had envisaged and it was neat to see Ellis Island. We may go on a tour there later.

Unfortunately we could not get in to the 79 th Street Marina. They do not accept reservations so it was not through lack of planning. Liberty Landing is on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River and is probably one of the best and calmest marinas in the Harbor. It has a new and very nice facilities building with a restaurant and marina lounge, probably the nicest we have stayed at on the whole Loop. And well it should be at $4 per foot per night plus 40 cents per foot for electric. Ouch.

It was a long stressful day so we had a good late lunch at the Liberty House here in the Liberty Landing Park and just relaxed in air conditioned comfort watching the Canadian Open on TV.

Hopefully, we can get in to the other marina tomorrow and then start some serious sight seeing in New York City.

Here are a few other photos of the trip up the Hudson River at least thus far.