New York, New York

We had a very fast trip up the East River and through Hell Gate. We picked up a favorable current just before the Narrows which carried us all the way into Long Island Sound and at times exceeded 4 knots. We returned to Port Washington to pick up a free mooring for the night. It was too hot and humid to do much so we just picked up a few groceries. We continued on the next day to New Haven, Connecticut. We had the wind and the current against us all day. We felt the anchorage areas in New Haven were too exposed with expected rain and possible thunder storms forecast for the next couple days so we backtracked to East Haven which is only slightly better. About an hour after we settled in on our anchor we recognized Wind Chaser approaching. We had not seen Brian and Jan since Florida. Like us, this was not their original destination. We spent much of the next day with them walking and having a great pizza lunch at a local deli. It was raining hard at times so we spent several hours at the deli catching up. We are both heading for Block Island next so we expect to spend more time with them there.