A Tour Around Manhattan

Refueling with the World Trade Center in the background

It was an early morning and our last day in NYC. Our plan was to get up early and wiggle our way out of the slip where Out To See was docked. With good eyes on all sides of the boat and some still water and no wind, we managed to get out of the marina with no trouble. We went to Liberty Landing for fuel prior to leaving and filled up our Auxiliary tanks.

Our route was to cruise past Lady Liberty and then up the East River and get a birds eye view of the other side of Manhattan. We set off at 9 am and took a quick tour past Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. The tide was low and rolling in from the Atlantic Ocean so we were bobbing up and down in the gentle rolls.

Here is a video Time-lapse of our trip around the Statue and Ellis Island.

When we started to go up the East River we realized that our speed was faster than normal as a result of the tide being behind us. It was a great experience and a gentle cruise as well. On the next section of the route we passed the United Nations Building as well as sporting complexes, very interesting designed buildings, as well as many bridges. This time-lapse covers the route from the Statue of Liberty to Hell's Gate, which is where the East River ends and the Harlem River begins. The Harlem River divides Manhattan with the Bronx on the north side and Harlem on the south.

Here is the section of the route up the East River

The last part of the route around Manhattan included many more bridges and Yankee Stadium. At the end of the river was a swing Railroad bridge and we had to wait 10 minutes to let a train pass before we could get through. This Time-lapse has lots of action with bridges, cars, pedestrians, Sea Doo’s and swinging bridges,

This is a Map of Manhattan with the route marked as well as a Yellow dot showing the location of Yankee Stadium.

Once we entered the Hudson River we waved goodbye to New York and headed north to our destination of Ossining NY. We have a slip for the evening in the Shattemuc Yacht Club and it has showers, games around the property, a nice Yacht Club building and a swimming pool which the Captain took advantage of. We went for a walk into the town and found a nice park and beach area but Cynthia pointed out to Jan that there was a splash pad and that they could go play again. I kept my distance and was preparing for action but this is what happened.

They came back with a bag full of beach glass and nice small pieces of driftwood.

Initially our walk was to find  the Sing Sing Prison Museum but I believe it is not yet opened with a plan to open in 2025. Sing Sing Prison is a maximum security prison in New York State, located in the town of Ossining, and was opened in 1828. It was built by 100 prisoners that were transported to this site, but it was “without a place to receive them or a wall to enclose them.” The prisoners excavated marble from a nearby quarry and built the prison. Each cell was 7 feet deep and 3 feet wide and 6 feet 7 inches high. The typical method of reform was solitary cells and many died in the conditions of the prison.

Sing Sing became well know for executions where 614 took place between 1891 and 1963. It was called the Death House and the electric chair was knows as “Old Sparky.”

After returning from our walk the Captain replaced the items on the bridge of the boat as we believe the water levels are lower now and we should get clearance under the bridges now. Then he went to the pool to cool off and there were over 30 club members and their families there so it seems to good use.

Tomorrow we plan on a long day and are heading to the Catskils for the evening. It could be a 7 to 8 hour journey on the water heading north as the tide rises again. We don’t expect anything exciting to happen but we will wait and see.

We are now on our way home

Here is our Nebo Log for the day. We traveled 63.4 km over 4.3 hours and had an average speed of 14.1 km per hour with a maximum speed of 22.9 km’s (it was a result of the tide pushing us north)