Kind of a strange name for a very nice harbor.. Great Kills.
Yesterday we saw the NE wind forecast from the NE, and the coastal flooding translating into greater than usual flood tides up the Hudson. That spelled only one thing to us after several nights of severe rolls on the 79th street moorings when the winds ran counter to tide.. we had to get out of there. The night before the mooring ball was bumping into the hull keeping us up and worried about damage. So, in the morning we started looking for a better solution and found Great Kills harbor on Statten Island.
We left in pretty iffy conditions and managed to loose a winch handle I had left (I thought locked) to the winch on the mast. Oh well, another expensive PLUNK. Fortunately we had more than one handle on board. After a wild ride abeam of the 25knt winds and waves we made it through the narrow pass into the harbor and were rewarded with dead calm conditions. Ahhh.. nice.
The plan now is hang out here until the gale conditions abate on the coastal waters of NJ so we can make our way south. No rain and moderate winds predicted today (Sunday), so I think we will go ashore, take the train to the ferry and go into Manhattan for some exploring. We have yet to see the Freedom tower and memorial and hope to get to that today.
"New York, New York, it's a wonderful town, the Bronx is up and the Battery down, the people all go in a hole in the ground. New York, New York... it's a won-der-ful TOWN!"
We did NYC is just one day today. The Freedom Tower and memorial, Time Square, and Central Station, subway, buses, Statten Island Ferry.. the works. Man my feet are tired.
ReplyDeleteHave to share just a couple of photos from our day in NYC. There is a massive Toys R Us in Times Square that we just had to investigate. It's not that they have lots of toys, No, they have EVERY toy ever made including EVERY HotWheels model in existence. So, a little bit of heaven for our little HotWheels fan. I have to give it to him, with thousands of choice and only on funded pick, David made his selection, did not ask for more, and we got out of there for less than $2.. pheww, near miss, since dad had his eye on a $200 hover drone. Just the thing every mariner needs (sheesh).
ReplyDeleteHmm.. There should be a way to add pictures to comments, but I can's seem to figure it out.
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