Last night around 8:00, the sky became very dark and the wind picked up significantly. Then the rains came. The marina has a breakwater, but we were rocking and rolling until the rain finally subsided.
This morning, the mechanic at Westerly Marina visited our boat shortly after 9:00. He had it fixed before lunch. So, we ate lunch and then headed out. We expected to only go about 20 miles, but the anchorage we had chosen ahead of time was really rough. We called Rogers Point Boat Club and asked if they had room for us and they said they did. The guy told us to dock anywhere along the long dock. There was no one there by the time we arrived (5:45) and after we were tied, we decided we were not comfortable docking there. The docks are right on the Hudson River and they are floating docks, but very low to the water. We were afraid that if a big commercial boat passed us that the wake would put us up on the dock. So, we did not stay there. We went a little farther to Hyde Park Landing to a mooring field. John called the place and the man told him which mooring ball to use. He rowed out to get his money ($1 a foot) and it was a good thing because something was holding the lead and the eye under the water. None of us could lift it up to put our line through it. The man from the "marina" had to feed it through with his hands under the water. We got here at 7:00 P.M. We had cruised 47 miles. We were hungry and tired. We expect to leave fairly early tomorrow morning.
The dark clouds from last night.
The boat next to us during the storm.
Bear Mountain Bridge.
The tunnel is for the train. The tracks are right on the edge of the bank.
West Point.
We were only about 25 feet from shore here and the water was over 100 feet deep.
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