13th of June on to Hells Gate and City Island NY

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Glimmerglass visitor, Rick

Manmade rocks in the Manasquan inlet

SKIMMER a cool looking boat coming in full of clams

Starboard side view of what I woke up to this am.....beautiful

Hasty wakers lookin to fish.......as soon as we got in the channel, we had to wait for traffic!


We left the anchorage and got through the Glimmerglass bridge (as soon as I find the pic I'll post it-interesting bridge-very old) for the 9:00 opening. Today there is some tension regarding the Hells Gate timing. We had this last time to and it went very well. Pray it turns out as well for us this time. Anyway as we left the Glimmerglass the bridge tender wished us Godspeed and a safe journey. As we passed through the old cable bridge she groaned and squeeked until the bridge was up. Then we headed out to the channel. We had to slow our 4 knots down a bit to let the traffic go by! All these mad fishermen in a hurry to ............go fishing. Okay...........then when we got to the inlet they all had to slow down anyway because the current was tough. It slowed everyone down. The Manasquan inlet reminded me of Pt Judith RI near George's Restaurant(if it's still there?!) . Soon the Pt Judith inlet will remind me of the Manesquan..........WOO HOO

Today is our first day without the protection of the ICW. It's a little disconcerting. Off the shoreof NJ with the faint skyline of NY in front of us we spotted our first Bottlenose dolpin since Delaware Bay. Gary saw that one. But I got a look at these two beauties swimming effortlessly together. I love em. It's a beautiful day to travel. We have a great expanse of water in front of us. Hanging from left to right in front of us is a thick cloud of smog that lays heavy near the water, with blue skies above. The boat is gently rocking left to right with the ocean swells. Nothing really to speak of.

Because you need to time your passage through Hells Gate were only doing 5 knots (about 6mph) .

As we get closer to NY there is more barge traffic for sure. Well the anxiety was flowing today as we anticipated Hells Gate. Once again Gary consulted with a professional (thanks Tom) and we got through it without incident.

Right after passing under the Throgs neck bridge we made a left and motored to City Island NY, where we set anchor for the night. We're bushed. Stress will do that to you. More on that tomorrow.

NOTE: Diane.........just wanted to let you know that Eddie did pee pee on the puppy pad today!!
Right when we were going through Hells Gate he started to shiver and whine. So I took him downstairs and tied him in the corner of the stern with a puppy pad. He was such a good boy!!
:) Oh and he got a bath today too! Tomorrow..............Misty's turn.


Keep us in your prayers, your in ours
XXOO
Victoria's Perspective