September 10, 2012 Monday
Monday began the much anticipated transit to NYC! This was a destination of a life time, especially by sailboat! We could see the NYC skyline soon after leaving Haverstraw, which only increased our excitement. Our AIS (Automatic Identification System) identifies ships, vessels or dangerous targets on our chart plotter, with a dark green triangle. As we approached NYC harbor the chart plotter screen was nothing but a big dark green blob of triangles. This too, added to our excitement (see photo). In reality, the harbor was not that busy when we actually got there, and quite manageable.
Just north of the George Washington Bridge on the west side we passed the "Hudson Palisades". These are a line of cliffs that rise nearly vertically from near the edge of the river, gradually increasing from 300 feet to a height of 540 feet.
We took a slip on the Jersey side of the Hudson River to avoid the slip costs of NYC. The marina, Liberty Landing, is just across the Hudson from the city. The view of the city was awesome. The ferry to the city was adjacent to the marina. It is a 10 minute ride to Manhattan, the World Trade Center and financial district.
"Nothing is worth more than this day." Geothe
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| Chart Plotter screen with green triangles |
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| "Hudson Palisades" |
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| More "Hudson Palisades" |
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| George Washington Bridge |
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| Empire State Building |
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| Our view from the marina |
Wow, what a lifetime experience you two are having! God speed for the remainder of your travels.
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