Thursday, September 24, 2015 Little Neck Bay, NY to
Manhattan, NY
Started at 7:30 am for the run through Hell Gate. Very little boat traffic and the light was perfect
for photos. We shot through riding a 5
knot current and traffic speed was:
Bicycles on shore fastest, K2F second, cars onshore slowest. We saw the Freedom Tower, UN, Empire State
Building and all the others we don’t know the names of. Not sure what city has the nick name City of Bridges, but New York City should be right up near the top. Our first time in New York City by boat, and between the bridges and reflective buildings, it was beautiful!
Cutting around the lower end of Manhattan the Statue of Liberty came into view. Heading north up the Hudson, we took the last available slip at MarineMax Chelsea Pier 59 for $5.50 / foot which does not include bathrooms, showers or electricity, but we are right downtown! Sliding in between the slips on one side and sunken pilings on the other was hair raising, then hard to port and backing into a slip. Two dockhands helped out. Their heartrate increased when we told them we did not have stern thrusters. Ya, it was a little tight.
This marina is rocky,
just like we read in Active Captain
comments. Not comfortable at all but
luckily it quieted down for the evening.
I presume it is tide related as the worst time was around 7pm last night
and again at 7am the next morning. We
were docked by 10:30am and soon were off to Battery Park on the bicycles. By the Battery we found a food truck with
delectable falafel and gyros to save our grumbling stomachs. Continuing around to the east side of
Manhattan to 21st Street we cut across on narrow streets with
bicycle lanes. Midday desert was a Black
& White milkshake at the Shake Shack in Madison Square Park as one of the
last customers before they closed for the day.
Continuing on, we returned to K2F in time to shower off and relax for an
hour before meeting relatives for a boat tour and heading off to Bleeker Street
Pizza for dinner.
Cutting around the lower end of Manhattan the Statue of Liberty came into view. Heading north up the Hudson, we took the last available slip at MarineMax Chelsea Pier 59 for $5.50 / foot which does not include bathrooms, showers or electricity, but we are right downtown! Sliding in between the slips on one side and sunken pilings on the other was hair raising, then hard to port and backing into a slip. Two dockhands helped out. Their heartrate increased when we told them we did not have stern thrusters. Ya, it was a little tight.
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