NYC – METEDECONK

Monday, August 15, 2022

On Wednesday, we had an idyllic trip down the Hudson.  Smooth water; comfortable weather; blue skies.

We were the ONLY boat on the river for HOURS at a time.  

We rolled in under the GW Bridge

Past this huge cruise ship,

Past some of NY’s unique architecture,

Past the world’s creepiest statuary,

Turned right at the Colgate clock,

Checked in at Liberty Landing again, and enjoyed some spectacular NYC views.

Tuesday August 16, 2022

After nearly 5 weeks of smooth sailing, we were brought back to reality this morning…a grueling 3-hour slog from NYC to the Manasquan Inlet.  Winds 15+ knots; seas 3.5 feet.  Not really life threatening, but extremely uncomfortable.  The seas were crashing over the inlet jetty as we approached, but once inside the breakwater, it was blissfully calm.  Whew!

We had planned to leave tomorrow for Cape May, but the sea conditions are forecast to be worse: 5-1/2 feet.  I do NOT go out in that.

So we’ll lay up here at River Breeze, on the lovely Metedeconk River, and leave on Thursday.  Fortunately, we had an extra day built into the schedule for just such contingencies.

PS: Only one reader got the question right about the number of locks from the last post.
Q: If we traveled through the Federal Lock at Troy, and then Locks #1 through #12 on the Canal, how many locks did we pass through on our round trip?
A: Only 24. There is no lock 10 – it became unnecessary so it was removed.

PSS: Today’s trivia: We wrote about the trains in our previous post. How many cars were on the trains we saw yesterday?

a) 3

b) 73

c) 173

d) a and c

e) all of the above.