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Old 12-11-2022, 11:57 AM   #14
mickand
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Toodling up NY Harbor, anchoring behind the Lady and cruising up the East River past Manhattan are annual highlights for me on my way to NE. You will miss it all going on the outside. Cruising with others can be fun, but also not so much sometimes with different agendas etc.. As to safety, apart from situational awareness at all times, there's nothing inherently unsafe doing this trip. You will get 'waked' by the ferries - I minimize this by sticking close to the East side of NY Harbor from The Narrows, up through the ship anchorage and scooting across the channel to the Lady when I get up there. Leaving the Lady, it's an easy ride back across the channel and on up the East River. My first stop is normally Port Washington, where the big yellow mooring balls are free for the 1st night.
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