To get from home and head north, we turn out of the Great South Bay through Jones Inlet, into the ocean, westbound, past Coney Island (Brooklyn) and then under the Verrazano to go north up the Hudson.

Great South Bay – nice to see that the Osprey are back.

Ocean off the South Shore of Long Island and Brooklyn / Coney Island. Notice the “parachute drop” at Coney Island, the view of the lower Manhattan skyline past Coney Island, and details of the Verrazano Bridge.

Waved goodbye to the boatyard, waved goodbye to the condo, headed out into the Great South Bay to move on north.

In between a million appointments and some visiting with friends and family, we did a bit of boat maintenance.  Its been just about a year since we launched the boat and we did sit for a few extended periods.  Not too many barnacles, but we did find some live oysters.  We refreshed the bottom paint with a new coat of ablative, changed out the zincs, and painted the running gear with zinc paint.  We felt a slight vibration and decided, better safe than sorry, to change out one prop and rotate the old one into the spares locker. Changed out the impellers, did the oil change, called it a day.  Did a bit of trouble shooting on the solar panels; we have one in series stop working, which caused the port side to only charge intermittently.  Thanks to Chuck and CJ  at LaSala for all of their help.

We are now moving north, having completed our maintenance and visits at home on Long Island.  We were able to make it to Half Moon Bay, Croton on Hudson the first night, meeting up with some fellow loopers. We then moved on to Kingston, staying at a free dock at Old Savannah restaurant right downtown. Our next stop would normally be the Waterford visitors center, but there was a steamboat meet and we were directed north to Lock 3, where we spent two nights. We then headed back to the Visitors center and will move back north with fellow loopers Lone Star tomorrow.
Photos to follow.