There cones a time in a boaters life when he either dies or gets a larger boat. Last week we bought our fourth and probably last boat. It is a 27' Sea Ray. I got it at a steal and could not pass it up, and being we use the boat three or four times a week, there was no debate. I think my wife wanted it more than I did.
For the last 30 years or so there was never a discussion of what we will be doing on the weekend, we spend it on the boat tied up with our boating friends. I still have the smallest boat in the crowd though.
We bought the boat on the south shore of Long Island and our marina is on the north shore. To get there you have to go around the south shore, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens then to the north shore. The distance is 40 miles and about a third of that is in the ocean.
The day was beautiful and the boat performed flawlessly except for loseing a fan belt on one engine under the Varazzano Bridge. I managed to get the belt back on as my friend drove the boat on the other engine. Thats not the place to get stuck. The area is a mass of oil tankers, cruise ships, high speed hydrofoil ferries, The Staten Island Ferry and cruise ships.
I have made this trip a few times with my various boats or just to take a trip to Fire Island which is out east on the south shore.
I am a lisenced Captain as is my friend who made the trip with me.
Here we are preparing the boat in Seaford Long Island in one of my friends back yards.
The first thing of course was to get gas. Gas is a little cheaper here
After an hour or so you pass Coney Island. That is the famous Parachute Jump which has been closed and made into a historic site many years ago. This was taken with a zoom lenz as we were a few miles out.
An hour later you come up to the Varazzino Bridge which connects
Statin Island with Brooklyn.
I lost a fan belt under here.
This is my other boat
These guys are all over the place.
My Captains Lisence covers driving one of these also
Then of course we come to the Statue Of Liberty, she was a little foggy that day but beautiful as always. Every time I sail by her I am reminded that my Grand Parents also saw the same sight over 100 years ago.
Manhattan is always Manhattan. I worked there for 40 years as a construction electrician and worked on all of those buildings in the picture.
Going up the East River which seperates Brooklyn from Manhattan you see many bridges. There are over 20 bridges to Manhattan and many tunnels. This is approaching Hells Gate a little farther up.
We anchored to eat off of Historic Ft Totten which is not in the picture, then we continued east to my harbor and into my Marina to be greated by my family.
For the last 30 years or so there was never a discussion of what we will be doing on the weekend, we spend it on the boat tied up with our boating friends. I still have the smallest boat in the crowd though.
We bought the boat on the south shore of Long Island and our marina is on the north shore. To get there you have to go around the south shore, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens then to the north shore. The distance is 40 miles and about a third of that is in the ocean.
The day was beautiful and the boat performed flawlessly except for loseing a fan belt on one engine under the Varazzano Bridge. I managed to get the belt back on as my friend drove the boat on the other engine. Thats not the place to get stuck. The area is a mass of oil tankers, cruise ships, high speed hydrofoil ferries, The Staten Island Ferry and cruise ships.
I have made this trip a few times with my various boats or just to take a trip to Fire Island which is out east on the south shore.
I am a lisenced Captain as is my friend who made the trip with me.
Here we are preparing the boat in Seaford Long Island in one of my friends back yards.
The first thing of course was to get gas. Gas is a little cheaper here
After an hour or so you pass Coney Island. That is the famous Parachute Jump which has been closed and made into a historic site many years ago. This was taken with a zoom lenz as we were a few miles out.
An hour later you come up to the Varazzino Bridge which connects
Statin Island with Brooklyn.
I lost a fan belt under here.
This is my other boat
These guys are all over the place.
My Captains Lisence covers driving one of these also
Then of course we come to the Statue Of Liberty, she was a little foggy that day but beautiful as always. Every time I sail by her I am reminded that my Grand Parents also saw the same sight over 100 years ago.
Manhattan is always Manhattan. I worked there for 40 years as a construction electrician and worked on all of those buildings in the picture.
Going up the East River which seperates Brooklyn from Manhattan you see many bridges. There are over 20 bridges to Manhattan and many tunnels. This is approaching Hells Gate a little farther up.
We anchored to eat off of Historic Ft Totten which is not in the picture, then we continued east to my harbor and into my Marina to be greated by my family.
