June 23, Day 10 - New York City to Croton

We left NYC and headed to Croton, NY. Caught a favorable current (2-4 knots), but had 20-25 knots on the nose all the way up river. 3-4 foot waves – felt a bit like the Delaware Bay.

Stopped at Half Moon Bay Marina – lots of positive recommendations from other Loopers. The marina manager, Steve Plotkin is an incredible ball of fire – was doing about 10 things all at the same time while making us feel like we were the most important people on earth.

Talked to Terry (Edna’s daughter) and let her know that we wouldn’t be in Newburgh until Thursday – we need a break from wind and waves for a day or so and a little “on-land” time so we are staying here 2 nights.

Walked into Croton and had dinner at a great pizza place – Cappriccio II. We'll do the walk to the nearby state park tomorrow. That should be enough walking for a while-- anyway for Gerry.

Along with all the other guidebooks we have on board, we have been reading (or, Linda has been reading to Gerry) the sections in the “Honey, Let’s Buy a Boat” book that relate to where we are – interesting stuff – and has a lot more meaning to it now than it first did when we read it several years ago.

Think we will watch a movie, have some popcorn and hit the rack. Don’t have to get up early to catch the tide tomorrow.

Sights along the way -- Empire State Building




Look, it's Yogi Berra. Found it interesting that all the NYC transport boats have names ... this one was Yogi and another was Frank Sinatra. However, not being native New Yorkers we didn't recognize most.


Half Moon Marina in Croton-on-Hudson in Haverstraw Bay

Linda at the Marina

Sunset overlooking Haverstraw Bay

Short video - waves on the Hudson River