USA - New York, New York City,

As we left our Herb river anchorage on Thursday 8 July, we went back into the Wilmington River we were greeted with this fun sight

 

Out to sea, we went again directly east, sweeping NE with the current as it set in. An uneventual night night with ships passing well ahead, abeam or astern of us. However come morning, we were on a collision course with a Cosco ship. Our AIS was going mad, and our closest point of coillision was less than 100m. The ship ignored us, and in fact altered course to make a collision inevitably. We had to slow down and change course dramatically to allow it to pass infront of us at a ‘safe’ distance of about 300m.

We arrived at the outer channel marker for New York at about 4am on Tuesday 13 July. It was rainy and foggy and AIS and Radar was much appreciated. We crossed both Shipping Channels and sailed alongside the shipping channels as there were Ships transiting into New York every 20 minutes at speed of about 15 knots.

First Light had us close to the Narrows Bridge, and fog was fairly dense. We sailed under the bridge close to the Eastern piling and I was apprehensive as the bridge was far closer to our mast head than the center 180m.

The current was against us, and it being no use to battle for hours against the current going up the Hudson River, we dropped anchor and got a couple of hours sleep, especially Nicholas who had been awake all night and for over 24 hours.

Our anchorage overlooked the Statue of Liberty 

The often bypassing Staten Island Ferry

The amazing New York City Skyline

A few hours later and the tide has turned, and it’s time to head up the Hudson River.

Nicholas with the iconic Statue of Liberty !

Sights along the Hudson. 

Not sure what this is….

I WANT TO THANK YOU…..that’s nice !

The replacement of the Twin Towers Buildings

Staten Island Ferry docking on Manhattan Island

The Colgate Clock !

Golf Driving Range overlooking the Hudson

Not sure what this is

George Washington Bridge, 195 ft

I’m on watch, and the breeze is cold

Going under the Tappon Zee Bridge, 139ft. Meshugga is 120 ft plus a few feet for aerials