Greetings all intrepid cruisers!

With some trepidation we began our day, well prepared for the rough ride we’d read would likely befall us. Perhaps being a weekday in October was a blessing. Our trip was uneventful and we encountered few tugs, ferries and flotsam. Hell Gate fell short of its reputation, for which we were grateful.
And how could we not post a photo of the great lady?  Another lady, the Queen Mary II is docked across the way and boy is she a city unto herself.
The very low flying helicopters were un-nerving at first, but not much more so than the planes taking off directly overhead from La Guardia Airport.
A 57 mile day with no sailing (as expected), we landed at Sandy Hook Point, NJ on schedule, dropped anchor and settled in for the night.

Spent the night in Oyster Bay on Long Island’s North Shore. Although the weather was sunny and warm, calm waters with light winds, our sails remained up for 20% of the 66 miles we traveled. WSW winds when you are going same, do not make for an ability to sail. Just for once we’d like to sail at 90 degrees.
Tomorrow we head out around 8:30 for the trip through the East River, passing Roosevelt Island, Manhattan, Lady Liberty and out toward NJ.