Circumnavigating Manhattan in a 19'8" Boat

Fellow formite and local sailing friend, Howard Sharp has invited me to join him on a righteous quest to circumnavigate Manhattan in his beautiful built Chebacco, "Lily Catchpole".



We have been keeping an eye on the weather and optimum tide and it looks like tomorrow will be idea
61°F
Sunny
Wind From W at 10 mph


We will launch with the morning tide from Hazard's Dock Boat Ramp beneath the George Washington Bridge Tomorrow AM.





PHOTO'S

Launch Site under the George Washington bridge on the Jersey side












Underway







Captain



Happy crew



Off to circumnavigate Governors Island


Lady Liberty keeping a watchful eye (on Howards cap )



Here's a lovely bridge I hear is for sale





And more bridges



Howard seemed to navigate them all nicely



I brought the refreshments and umm did most of the emptying



Reading 7.0 on the GPS we got up over 8



More Bridges that Lilly Catchpole easily went under without needing 4 hrs notice



Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrg are we not sailors



Up the East river




Capt'n Howard plots our course up the Harlem River



Look at this Lighthouse on top of a building - COOOL



and this house OOOFA



Ahhh the Circle Line circling us



Ahhh Through the Spuyten Duyvil you can read more about it here
http://www.washington-heights.us/history/archives/spuyten_duyvil_creek_and_the_harlem_river_ship_canal_125.html



And back out into the mighty Hudson and home



I would like to take this time to thank Howard Sharp and his FREAKING beautiful PERFECT boat for an amazing one in a lifetime trip. Thank you thank you thank you