Nyack to Staten Island, New York

We left Nyack at 7:00 AM on Monday to travel down the Hudson River with a favorable current to New York harbor. It was a glorious day and the river was gorgeous, one of the days that make you feel so fortunate that you are seeing the quiet beauty of the river on your own boat.


Nyack mooring & anchorage, the NJ Palisades


George Washington Bridge


Approaching and passing Manhattan


Ellis Island and Statue of Liberty

When we left Nyack we're prepared to continue offshore on New Jersey coast if weather permits. Along the way, we kept checking the weather forecasts and decided that we prefer to wait out the next cold front at Great Kills Harbor, Staten Island instead of Cape May, NJ. We arrived at Great Kills Harbor around 1:00 PM, located a good spot to drop anchor. This harbor is large and protected, and crowded with mooring balls. We spent rest of the beautiful afternoon relaxing, reading and watching fishermen fishing from shore.

We awoke with gray sky Tuesday morning, went for a walk around the Great Kills Park and the town. We got back to the boat just as the rain started to pour down, and the wind picked up. The rain lasted about 3 hours , and the sun peaked out just before sunset.


Gray morning and pretty sunset at Great Kills Harbor


Fishermen digging for clams in Great Kills Harbor

Today we walked about a mile to Top Tomato supermarket to do some grocery shopping; wonderful produce, meat, seafood and deli. It's a beautiful day and a nice area to walk, we also went for a dingy ride. In the afternoon we got together with Trawler World list friends Bob and Judy on Sanderling and Kevin on Dream Weaver.

Pretty day at Great Kills, Bob, Kevin and Mark