We were all well rested last night, I fell asleep with Dahlia at 7pm. We got going by 6am. We finally had a good SE wind, and were able to sail out of the inlet. Although, when we turned North out of the inlet our wind died and didn't come back to life until after noon. When it did pick up, it was moving!
We sailed up to Sandy Hook, and had the current and a strong wind so we decided to keep going. (So much for keeping our days short) It was fun and scary at the same time. We had 20 knot winds and were doing 9+ knots. We had to reef the main and jib before going under the Verrazano Narrows bridge due to the 25+ knot gusts. We were still able to maintain 8+ knots of speed. We sailed by the Statue of Liberty, down the East River, under the Brooklyn Bridge, by Roosevelt Island, and into Hell Gate and only used a little bit of power to help control the boat through some of the strong rips in the current. What a truly amazing view of the city, it would have been better if it was not overcast, but still awe inspiring! I felt bad for the poor souls sitting in traffic as we were doing 10+ knots down the East River! Yeee Haaaww!
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