Sailing into New York City was an amazing experience for my family because they have never been to NYC. We slowly saw the Statue of Liberty in the distance, similar to what our ancestors experience many years ago when they immigrated to the United States.
We arrived in NYC on Friday, June 10th in the late afternoon. We were a little behind schedule due to the lack of wind and strong currents. Once we docked at the 79th Street Boat Basin, all of us bolted to the showers to find out that there was only ONE shower in the entire marina for everyone to share. This put a damper on our plans, but we managed to get ready. My parents, Jessica, and Ryan went into the city while Jared and I stayed at the marina in order to do laundry and go grocery shopping for the next part of our trip up the coast. After putting every piece of clothing we owned (as well as the linens for all 6 people) into the washing machine, I soon discovered that the dryer did not work. Therefore, we were left with about 3 loads of wet laundry. Not fun. I tried to hang it around the boat to dry, but it was quite difficult when it began to rain outside :(
The good news is that our friend, Simon, arrived from England (he and his girlfriend will be spending the next week on the boat with us). He came to the marina just in time to help with the grocery shopping. We didn't realize how long everything would take without having a car, and it turned into a 3-hour shopping experience. At least we got everything done! We didn't end up going into the city to go site-seeing until 7pm.
Here are a few pictures that I took when we finally made it into the city:
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