Loop Life with Greg and Reenie: PORT JEFFERSON to CITY ISLAND

On Friday morning ( Thankfully not too early) we departed PORT JEFFERSON for the Harlem Yacht Club on CITY ISLAND, NY. The weather was warm, about 80 degrees and there was little or no wind. The trip was about 35 nautical miles and took about 4 hours. We are on mooring G-13 and all I can say is this stop is a great find!!! CITY ISLAND is a classic ( and at $35/night the best mooring price so far).

Pinch me....Yesterday, was epic! I will start from morning to night: Our journey was beautiful, sharing helm time between the two of us and looking at the beautiful homes and coastline along the Sound. We saw boats of all sizes and shapes with beautiful lighthouses in the middle of the Sound. Then arriving at the Harlem Yacht Culb, where the shoreboat escorted us to our private mooring with a view of the Manhattan skyline. We secured Thistle and took our bikes to shore for lunch at the City Island Dinner (where it's rumored a Jerry Seinfeld episode was filmed). After lunch we rode along a gorgeous tree lined bike trail through Pelham Park ( New York City's largest park) to Orchard Beach and then to the New York Athletic Club in Westchester County. On the way back to port we stopped for a beer and watched World Cup Soccer, then back to the Harlem Yacht Club for a shower and change of clothes. Dinner was at the Original Crab Shanty where we shared a $17 dollar lobster, clams and shrimp dinner ... Great :) Then best of all we watched a fireworks show from Orchard Beach on Thistle to end our epic day!

Today was also great ... Greg rode his bike back to the pool at the New York Athletic Club for a swim and I accomplished some maintenance on Thistle. Then we studied the tides and charts for our journey through Hell's Gate and into the Hudson River tomorrow.