We got up at 0600 to leave early to get the currents in Verrazano Narrows, the Battery and Hell Gate in New York City about 40 miles away. We need to enter Hell Gate after 1100 to catch a favorable current. We expect to reach it around 1230 or 1300 which should be just after maximum current.
The trip past Sandy Hook, NJ, toward the Narrows was very uneventful except for a close encounter with a container ship entering NY Harbor. We were too close in my mind. He is big and we are small. We were about 200 yards away from him for a while.
We entered New York Harbor and as we past the Statue of Liberty we paused and took some pictures to prove it.
We the turned up the East River toward Hell Gate.
The views if the city were awesome.
That is the Hudson River on the left and the East River to the right.
The Empire State Building looms in the distance. The Chrysler Buulding came next.
Followed by the United Nations.
We entered Hell Gate at 1250 and the current was pushing us along at 12.5 knots. It was quite a ride! I don't think the currents in Hell Gate are as difficult to maneuver as in Wood's Hole.
We progressed up into Long Island Sound heading toward Bridgeport, CT.
Just off of Stamford, CT, the propeller shaft seal began to leak and splashed sea water in the engine compartment shorting out the alternator and killing the batteries.
We pulled into the Seaview House Marina in East Stamford for repairs. We were able to get the engine started later in the evening by using the genset to charge the batteries. But, need to wait until West Marine opens in the morning to get a new alternator.
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