We left Manhattan’s 79th St. Boat Basin at around 10 AM on Thursday morning, 8/14, bound for Cape May, NJ. Some places we passed along the way: one of several newly installed NY City water falls; Ellis Island; the Statue of Liberty. Winds were not favorable so we motor sailed (engine, main and staysail) most of the day, into the evening. Winds picked up but so did thunder storms. We looked behind us and saw an ominous gray ridge rapidly moving towards us -- we knew we were in for it. For the next seven hours we raced south, pushed by slate colored frothing seas with torrential rains, thunder and lightening. We hate to say it, but lightening struck very close to us at one point about 11pm Thursday night. We believe we were saved by the new device (a static charge dissipater) which Bill installed just after Songbird was struck in June. Whew!!!! Thanks be.
We arrived in Cape May at 1:40pm Friday afternoon. What a beautiful sight. Marine life booms in Cape May and there’s a large fishing community. We anchored in the bay, not too far from the Coast Guard station, tucked everything away and took a long nap – life is good. And so went Pam’s initiation into offshore sailing.
We arrived in Cape May at 1:40pm Friday afternoon. What a beautiful sight. Marine life booms in Cape May and there’s a large fishing community. We anchored in the bay, not too far from the Coast Guard station, tucked everything away and took a long nap – life is good. And so went Pam’s initiation into offshore sailing.
Photos: Ellis Island; New York Waterfall; Statue of Liberty; 79th St. Boat Basin
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