{"id":6271,"date":"2017-08-04T07:56:07","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T11:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=6271"},"modified":"2017-08-30T14:46:48","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T18:46:48","slug":"august-3-day-34-nyc-arrival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=6271","title":{"rendered":"August 3 – Day 34 – NYC Arrival"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Aug 3 – Newport Yacht Club – Jersey City<\/p>\n

The next segment of our journey to the marina in New York City was relatively short – only 20 nm (about 3 hours travel time). We decided not to cast off until 10:30 in the morning because the next marina did not want us to arrive before 1:00pm.<\/p>\n

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I was a bit intimidated by the prospect of entering New York Harbor in the middle of the day, but Ed suggested “we cruise in like we owned the place” & I agreed that was a good strategy.<\/p>\n

As we got closer to the Statue of Liberty we started encountering a lot of passenger ferries, tourist sightseeing boats & tugboats pushing barges. It was a bit hectic but the harbor is huge so there was lots of room for everyone.<\/p>\n

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Ed looked after the helm & I kept watch on our sides & behind us.<\/p>\n

It was very exciting to sail past the Statue of Liberty.<\/p>\n

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There were also several boats (really) sailing in the harbor – now that takes some nerve….<\/p>\n

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We arrived at our marina at about 1:00pm. Unfortunately the marina was a total disaster! One quarter of the docks were missing, one quarter were sunken & the rest were rotting!<\/p>\n

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On top of all that, the marina had no breakwater so the docks (& the boats tied to them) were rocking back & forth like crazy. The motion of our boat was worse than what we had endured during the wind & rainstorm a few days before in Chesapeake Beach, MD!<\/p>\n

I tried to contact the marina manager but all I got was her voicemail. I finally managed to reach the booking agency for the marina & convinced them to refund my credit card payment for 4 days of dock fees.<\/p>\n

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Bye, bye bad marina. I have stayed at a lot of marinas over the past month & this one was the absolute worst. I certainly did not want a horrible place like this to be Catherine’s introduction to our “new” boat.<\/p>\n

Thankfully I managed to secure a dock at another nearby marina so we headed back down the Hudson River towards the Statue of Liberty.<\/p>\n

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The new marina we are at is in an awesome location with lots of restaurants & shopping across the street.<\/p>\n

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The screenshot below shows our location.<\/p>\n

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Our nearest neighbor is pretty cool too!<\/p>\n

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It had been a long & trying day & we had nothing to eat since our light breakfast 8 hours before so we dressed up as best we could & headed to a nearby pub\/restaurant.<\/p>\n

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This place had cold beer & great food. The pub had a bit of an Irish theme & a sign on the wall in the bar caught my eye…<\/p>\n

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After supper we headed back to the boat for a well deserved rest & to hit the showers.<\/p>\n

The skyline of New York City on the other side of the Hudson is pretty impressive at night too!<\/p>\n

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Tomorrow (August 4) we will explore Jersey City & reprovision the boat as the fridge & the pantry are looking pretty bare.<\/p>\n

Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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