Tuesday, May 27, 2014 – 8:30PM – Leg 38/Day 58 – 33.2 Miles I don’t think that there could have been better weather as we continued motoring up the Hudson River to Hyde Park, NY. It was cool in the morning and then got down right warm in the afternoon with very little wind. Kate spent most of the day on the foredeck reading and sun bathing, though she did come...
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Monday, May 26, 2014 – 10:30PM – Leg 37/Day 57 – 36.6 Miles SHE’S HERE! Kate got in early Sunday and we decided to anchor out and leave the marina. Which as it turned out was a great idea. The weather was clear and we basically spent the night under the watchful eye of the magnificent representation of our country’s freedom, the Statue of Liberty. It was...
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Friday, May 23, 2014 – 9:30PM – Leg 36/Day 56 – 42.5 Miles The Great Loop experience number two is finished. The Atlantic portion of the adventure is complete. I shall now be heading inland and out of salt water. I had mentally broken the journey up into 6 different experiences, the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, the big bays of Chesapeake and Delaware the up the...
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Thursday, May 22, 2014 – 7:30PM – Leg 35/Day 55 – 34.0 Miles Tomorrow is the last day on the open ocean as I make my way into New York Harbor. My spot is all reserved at One 15 Brooklyn Marina where I will wait for Katie to come in. The farmers markets are in full swing in Bay End and I am going to get up early to head in to pick up some produce for the trip up the...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014 – 7:00PM – Leg 34/Day 52 – 18.5 Miles Continued up the Coast of New Jersey today out on the Atlantic Ocean. Had some periods of rain and it stayed mostly cloudy all day. It was nice puttering along in the rain, though I lost sight of land for a while during a particularly heavy period. I didn’t go far today, though a little farther than...
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