GLORY DAYS CROSSES HER WAKE!

DAY 338, WED. JUNE 20, 2012.
DEP LIBERTY LANDING MARINA 07:29   ARR. PORT JEFFERSON, LI  2:30

D. 61.9sm / 5685.9

Slack current at Hell Gate was at 10:30 this morning which meant we had to be there before then or the current would turn against us in the East River. The ebb current in the East River gets up to 4+mph and we don’t want to go against it for a few good reasons. First, it would slow us down, second, it would burn more fuel, and third, there is always a lot of debris in the river and we don’t want to run into it. We said goodbye to our friends Evelyn & Sid, Something Special, and Julaine & Fred, Boreas, and left at 7:30 to take advantage of the flood current. At one point the current gave us a boost of better than 4mph and we were doing almost 15mph. At 08:22AM on Wed, June 20, 2012, at Mill Rock, Hell Gate, East River, NY, Glory Days crossed her wake. This is the point where we officially entered the Great Loop on June 8, 2011, one year and 12 days ago. More about that later. We passed under the Whitestone Bridge, the Throgs Neck Bridge, and past Execution Rock into Long Island Sound. Much to our delight, and due to a little bit of good planning, but mostly good luck, the weather was excellent and the Sound was flat calm. We really lucked out weather-wise on both coming home and last year leaving through the Sound as the seas were flat then as well. From there to Port Jeff it was a beautiful, stress less enjoyable cruise. We called old friends Jan & Gary Gottlieb and made arrangements to meet them when we arrived. This was fitting as they drove to Croton on Hudson to meet us last June the first day we were on “The Loop.” We picked up a mooring in the harbor, took the launch to shore and brought them back to the boat for some adult beverages. After some catching up and a few beverages later we went out for a nice dinner, said good night and took the launch back for a great night’s sleep.

LEAVING LIBERTY LANDING MARINA

SOUTH ST. SEAPORT

THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE

THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

NY IS SPECTACULAR FROM THE EAST RIVER

THIS IS MILL ROCK WHERE WE STARTED THE GREAT LOOP!

THE #8 BUOY BETWEEN N & S BROTHER IS.
CHECK THE CURRENT

THE THROGS NECK BRIDGE AND
THE ENTRANCE TO LI SOUND

EXECUTION ROCKS

SCHOOLS OF MENHADEN IN LI SOUND

GLORY DAYS MOORED IN PORT JEFFERSON HARBOR

PORT JEFF

PAT, JAN, JOE, GARY
DINNER IN PORT JEFF