We planned our arrival into NYC for Monday, about 1pm in the afternoon & in calm winds, to hopefully avoid a circus of boats around Liberty Island.
The plan worked great, during the initial entrance onto the Hudson River. But as we got closer the Statue, the congestion of vessels in the small area of Liberty Island, Ellis Island, and Manhattan increased a lot.
Liberty Tour Boats coming 2 at a time every half hour, Pleasure Boats, Coast Guard Boats, Statin Island Ferry Boats & Tow Boats pushing Barges. I can’t imagine what the marine traffic would have been like, late on Friday or Saturday afternoon.
On our way up the Hudson River, we passed under the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. The bridge connects Statin Island to Brooklyn.
We arrived at Lady Liberty about 1:30pm, and due to the Marine traffic, spent over a hour taking photos. We have a lot of photos & videos, here are some of our favorite shots.
Here is a screen dump showing our anchorage location. In the screen dump – The Mahi Mahi is shown in the blue dot and you can also see our location relative to; Lady Liberty, Ellis Island, and the south tip of Manhattan.
For you history buffs, here is a really cool video, it starts out silly but becomes very interesting (thank you Deena)
Video = Statue of Liberty
Back to the photos. Another reason it took an hour for photos is because we made a deal with another Looper Boat on the VHF Radio – that they would take a photo of the Mahi in front of the statue & we would reciprocate with a photo of their boat.
Here is the photo that I took of their boat.
Here is the BEST PHOTO they sent of the Mahi in front of the statue. Not a fair trade I would say. 😞
We were thinking of asking them to redo our photo, but the boat traffic was increasing by the minute, and one of the tour boats really wanted us out of his way.
About 5pm, Jerry & I called our friend John Nelson for a quick chat. Then we had a 3-way call from the Mahi Mahi to Jonell, and then linked in my niece Julia for the annual birthday phone call singing. It’s a Murphree Tradition. Jerry & Deena joined me & Jonell in the Singin’ this year.
Some night photos, to say farewell to New York City, for now !
We will be back to NYC later this week by train, to see the 911 Memorial & Museum. Coming back down 35 miles to NYC by train, will be a lot cheaper than paying NYC marina prices.
Nitie Nite,
Mike, Deena, Jerry
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