New York, New York

We had a very fast trip up the East River and through Hell Gate. We picked up a favorable current at times exceeding 4 knots, just before the Narrows, which carried us all the way into Long Island Sound. 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 thunderstorms forecast for the next couple of 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.