Dawn Watch on America's Great Loop Adventure

  We really enjoyed a few days on a mooring ball in Port Washington. Nice little town. On demand water taxi will take you to several docks around the bay-restaurants (all closed on Mon/Tues!), a dock close to shopping, and a town dock. We even found a nice little church to attend--The Bible Church Port Washington. Met a really nice fellow-Glen, who helped us out. He is also a boater and wants to reach out and help transient boaters. I gave him a few ideas. We did a short run over to anchor in Oyster Bay and get cheapest in the area fuel. Didn't do much there but we need to come back to see Sagamore Hill, Teddy Roosevelt's home. We then popped over to the Connecticut side and anchored by Calf Island. really pretty area. The dinghy had developed a couple slow leaks that I could not track down. The next stop, back to Port Washington. I had made arrangements to have the boat hauled and worked on rather than just pay for three weeks dockage. Much needed repairs, cleaning and mainten

  We had a terrific time in The City with Sarah and Zach. So glad everyone was able to pull it off. It is difficult to schedule a time and a place while cruising.  We walked and rode rental bikes. Did a food tour. Went to Top of the Rock. Saw The Music Man. And the 9-11 Museum, a must see. Photos link Pics See where we are two ways Marine traffic (sometimes we don't show up) on Marine Traffic Nebo location Nebo location Some new Relive vids Walking Manhattan to Manhasset Bay Latest Nebo logs here Nebo

  Our journey to NYC. From Cape May NJ to Atlantic City NJ was an offshore trip. Then we spent a couple days in Atlantic City waiting for a decent offshore weather window. We HAD to get to NYC to meet Sarah and Zach. Well, the offshore weather was dicey all week. We (I) picked a window and out we went on 7/8. Tide was going out and the sea swells were coming in to the inlet at Atlantic City. Wow! There were some huge waves. Once out of the inlet we turned north for the 90 plus mile run. The sea swells were at least 8 footers coming at us from the starboard stern thus rolling under and past us. This is far from fun but the situation was forecast to improve a little which it did. I drove the entire time with the autopilot doing the steering. The less experienced crew went back to bed. Thank goodness for my offshore supply boat experience?? Maybe a little too bold. But we had a schedule and made it to anchorage safely. They say the boat can usually take more than the crew can. We were rew