New York

New York New York

We had a nice quiet night in Norwalk Islands. When we arrived the area was very busy with speedboats, sailboats and fishing boats everywhere but thankfully by suppertime everybody headed home and we had the place to ourselves. We were roughly 25 miles from New York City and it was really neat to be able to see the skyline in the distance.

Winds were light today so we ended up motoring the entire way - not our favourite past time! Richard did attempt the sails at one point but it was very short lived. Very few boats on the water today, not surprising for a September monday. There were however quite a few fishing boats dragging for oysters.

We arrived in City Island around 1pm and stopped for fuel and water before finding an anchorage for the night. We ended up anchoring just behind Rat Island, the boat traffic is very minimal but we will feel like we are back at work as we are on the approach path for La Guardia Airport!

It didn’t take us long to get the boat settled away as we were anxious to get some shore time in before dark! Greg and Debbie arrived and we all headed for town in their dinghy. City Island is only about a mile and a half long and a few blocks wide so it is easy to get around. Everybody seemed really friendly, at least we think they were friendly as it was hard to understand allot of them with the accents:) We poked around a few shops, picked up a few groceries and we all had great turkey suppers at a quaint little restaurant before heading back to the boats.

The day wouldn’t be complete without Richard doing at least some sort of troubleshooting/maintenance, so tonight he was busy doing a little work on one of the fuel filters on the engine. Tomorrow we will be passing the Statue of Liberty!