Saturday, June 28th
After being fogged in at Atlantic Highlands an extra day, we took the advice of the local TowBoat US to get the tide to pass through Hells Gate and left the mooring at 5 a.m. Thursday headed for New York Harbor. The ride was bumpy from New Jersey into the Narrows. And then we heard on the VHF that there was a person spotted in the East River near the Williams Bridge - our route. So we had the 8 a.m. ferries to play with and all the Coast Guard and NY police boats to work around. There were helicopters overhead buzzing around too. So the usual very busy New York Harbor was even more so that morning. Our tide advice was great and we had a nice ride from the Narrows through the East River and through Long Island Sound into Oyster Bay. We went into the fuel dock, but the tanks weren't pumping. 30 minutes later they figures out one of the workers had pulled the emergency switch. Anyway, we fueled up and picked up a mooring. Fees for the moorings have gone from $35 to $50 a day! April enjoyed the launch ride back for her evening walk and made sure the launch driver knew she liked it.
We decided to try for the trip from Oyster Bay to the Thames River and a visit with Jerry and Sandy Bishop on Friday. The day was beautiful but no wind in the morning and too much wind in the afternoon. We made the 81 miles in about 13 hours. Jerry met us at their mooring much to April's delight. She hopped into his dinghy, we loaded our baggage, and Jerry, April and I left Bill to button up WishBone and headed for land. April was the first to leave the dinghy at the Bishop's dock!
We had a wonderful dinner and visit with Jerry and Sandy and celebration of Jerry's great doctor's report of that day.
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