WELL, we're just about ready to jump around NJ in the Atlantic again. We pulled the hook this morning in Haverstraw Bay (first days journey south), and motor-sailed in 15 to 22 knots of wind from the West down the Hudson to NYC.
We're currently (Friday night) anchored in Gravesend Bay. Ususally, Susan and I go on South to Atlantic Highlands, but this year, being so late in leaving for warmer climates... we're going to blow right out and around to Delaware Bay...
It's an overnight sail to Cape May, and hopefully we'll catch the flood tide up the Delaware.
One interesting thing happened today...we lost the Autopilot for a while....
Turns out that the pump got 'air bound'....and needed hydraulic oil from a reservoir.... which I quickly fabricated while under way.... So with that in place and Susan at the helm we did a series of port-starboard turns to purge the air out of the pump, and hydraulic ram. Seems OK now...
GOOD... because I'm looking forward to using it tomorrow on the boring trip down the NJ coast.
:)
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