6/7/24

 It feels like we must have clicked our heels because we're back in NY!

From Oriental to Norfolk to the Hudson.  We've been doing the trek for so many years now the miles go by uneventfully for the most part. Which is good.  When you're out sailing on the ocean uneventful is good.

We did have some excitement on the Chesapeake as we left Norfolk, rounded Thimble Shoals, and crossed the shipping channel, heading for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and the ocean.  A submarine!  We've encountered submarines in the past.  They've always announced on the VHF and warn to stay far away. They also have escorts with guns onboard to make sure marine traffic won't get too close.  But as we cross the channel here's what we look behind us and see.

No announcements, no escorts, just full steam ahead and we race to get out of the way.

We're always in awe when we come through New York Harbor.  City sights, ships, tugs and barges, so much going on.

The Vendee Globe is a single-handed, round-the-world sailboat race.  This year they were starting the race just off NY.  We were lucky enough to see one of the sailboats going out to practice.

Here's our view of the Hudson as we motor north.

Kingston - Mast is down!

Once the mast was down we anchored out on the Hudson.  With Jerry's insistence and my desire to get home to see what I could do to help out my parents, I boarded an Amtrak.  Imagine arriving at a train station by dinghy!  The Rhinecliff Amtrak station is on the east side of the Hudson across the river from Kingston.

Here I am at the station with the lighthouse at the entrance to Kingston in the distance on the right and Persephone in the distance on the left.

While I waited for the train, Jerry dinghied back to Persephone, put the outboard on deck and hauled the anchor.  It had been many years since he single-handed through the Erie.  An odd sensation watching Persephone head up the river without me.

I was able to take a video when the train caught up to the sailboat.  Didn't take long to whiz by!

While I was taking a video of Jerry on Persephone, he was taking a video of me.

Jerry kept me updated on his progress through the Canal to Brian and Deb's in Pennellville.

Lock 6 - one of the few locks where there were other boats in the lock with Persephone.

Tied up at Lock 10 for the night.

Jerry waits one of the mornings for the fog to burn off to continue west.

Persephone docked in front of Brian and Deb's in Pennellville for the summer.