Friday, October 4, 2024

Single handed on the Hudson to Manhatten

Friday October 4

I got up early around seven will have to prepare the boat for our first departure. Single-handed got the store away. All the other things required to start sailing.  I tried to call several Marinas and none of them had fuel or handle a sailboat or responded. I tried motoring into Terry Marc Marina, and there’s nobody there. Nobody answered the phone. Nobody answered the radio, so I left there and decided to head to Haverstraw Bay Marina got there at just before noon - fueled up and got a pump out.  All before the lineman’s lunch.


I started to head south to Statue of Liberty 36 miles.


I wore my life jacket all the way

I got up very early the next morning and departed the Manhattan skyline sailing the first segment in a broad reach. 


Eventually used the engine and motor sailed until the winds died. 


Anchored behind the Statue of Liberty using a recovery line with a float on the anchor as Mark suggested.


I was able to fly the drone

 

Rolly night 


















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