We left the Barneget Inlet anchorage in overcast and stayed close to the coast watching the communities on the coast grow more dense as we headed north. We passed the Sandy Hook light house and the Verrazzo Narrows bridge came into view followed by the skyline of Manhattan island.
The New York City harbor was busy with ships, tugs with barges, and the Staten Island ferry.
Finally we came to the Statue of Liberty. We found the Liberty State Park anchorage down a channel to the left (East) of the Statue. Another sail boat was there and we settled in for a cool night.
On Tuesday, June 2 we moved past the Statue and up the Hudson past Ellis Island (pictured) and Manhatan. The ferries were thick in the Hudson. These were like the ones that ones that rescued the US Airways flight 1549 that "crashed" in the Hudson. One picture shows the skyline and Empire State Building.
As we moved up the Hudson we passed Grants Tomb, the Cloisters, George Washington Bridge, and interesting buildings on the New Jersey side. Pictured is the Sing-Sing prision at Ossining.
Further upriver we passed West Point.
Finally we came to the Statue of Liberty. We found the Liberty State Park anchorage down a channel to the left (East) of the Statue. Another sail boat was there and we settled in for a cool night.
On Tuesday, June 2 we moved past the Statue and up the Hudson past Ellis Island (pictured) and Manhatan. The ferries were thick in the Hudson. These were like the ones that ones that rescued the US Airways flight 1549 that "crashed" in the Hudson. One picture shows the skyline and Empire State Building.
As we moved up the Hudson we passed Grants Tomb, the Cloisters, George Washington Bridge, and interesting buildings on the New Jersey side. Pictured is the Sing-Sing prision at Ossining.
Further upriver we passed West Point.
One each side of the Hudson is a railroad track. The west side carries freight and on the east side are commuter trains and Amtrak. Late afternoon we arrived at an anchorage between Pollopel Island and the eastern shore 50 miles north of New York City. On the island is Bannerman's castle or Arsenal. It was a warehouse built in the early 1900's for war weapons and explosives for the Bannerman company war surplus business. The castle was turned over to the state of NY in 1967 and burned in 1969. It made a nice backdrop for the sundown as we were entertained with communter trains passing by a hundred yards away on the shore.
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