We left Montauk in the late afternoon on a nice southwest wind and incoming tide carrying us to Plum Gut. (We being me and my publicist/boat-builder/deckhand Jennifer Richards). The forecast southeasterly for later that night never materialized, so motor and motorsailed the whole trip. Not my preference, but a(nother) lesson about sailboats and schedules. In our carbon-driven world, you have to burn carbon to keep up.
Presently Mon Tiki is docked at Liberty Landing Marina, with Allan (husband of Jennifer’s college BFF) on his way down from Upstate New York. Like myself, Allan works a long hours everyday summer job, so it’s easier for him than most to do odd things in the winter. The odd thing that Allan and I hope to do is catch the clearing wind on the backside of the rain that just passed through and ride it down to Norfolk.
So apologies to those of you who I had hoped to catch up with in the northern Chesapeake. I had thought between a good place to keep the boat in Rockhall and nasty-ish weather we’d sneak down the coast of New Jersey then back up Delaware Bay and across the C & D canal. But the wind is offering us the chance of a fast downhill run and we’re going to jump on it.
Or at least that’s the plan right now.
Manhattan looks less impressive with the clouds that low. You sailed down the Sound and then the East River, I presume? Is there a lot of traffic out on the water?Report
I would say this is correct, but the low clouds cause an interesting effect, wherein the largesse that is Manhattan is still bounded — and potentially consumed — by various forces of nature: the river below and the sky above. It is hard to find a picture of the skyline that shows more nature than concrete without involving Central Park, but this does so quite beautifully. A great shot.Report
The run from NYC to Norfolk featured strong NW/N winds and rough seas. I agree with Kazzy’s take on the above photo. Still recovering. More soon!Report