Schuyler at Schuyler
Waiting for a better weather window turned out to be a wise decision. It can happen! The weather on Tuesday morning turned out to be even better than forecast and we had a uneventful trip to New York Harbor.
The extra day at Manesquan also worked out for us because Mark and I got to reconnect with an old classmate of ours, Steve. Steve is now retired like many of the rest of us after sailing as Master for many years. I was nice to see him again.
In New York, we anchored right behind Ellis Island which gave us a good view of both the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline. The pictures below are pretty awesome but witnessing it in person is even better.
We docked Schuyler on the waterfront at Fort Schuyler which was a detour of about 15 miles. They have nice floating docks here but they are not well protected from the wakes of passing boats. Still, it’s kind of nice to be here and see the school again. We are apparently the first boat to use these new facilities so we’re experiencing a few growing pains. They have been very accommodating through it all.
Connor got tired of the two adult children he was babysitting and got off today. I hope Mark and I can manage without him. He learned a few skills along the way and maybe even a few things to NOT do as well. He’s been sworn to secrecy for some things too - what happens on Schuyler, stays on Schuyler.
While waiting for the weather to improve on Monday, we met up with our classmate, Steve.
This 1,100 foot long container ship passed us on our way into NY Harbor. (I cut a few hundred feet off in the picture)
He does windows! Mark does the outside, Pat does the inside (see earlier post)
Approaching the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and into NY Harbor
Mark and Connor with Lady Liberty in the background
Statue of Liberty
Ellis Island
Statue of Liberty at night
A beautiful sunset over the New Jersey skyline
An amazing sunrise over New York City
Anybody need a bridge? Here’s one I will sell for cheap!
The UN Headquarters on the East River (AKA Anti-U.S. Central)
The iconic Empire State Building
Schuyler with Fort Schuyler in the background. Hard to see the fort through all the trees these days.