City Island

 6/7- City Island NY

   We slept off the effects of barely sleeping the last two days and awoke fairly refreshed. We did a bunch of boat chores before heading into shore. 

    We watched as the yacht club was launching a couple of boats. They have a railway that they use with an engine that is almost 100 years old. It is all run by volunteers at the yacht club and launching is included in your dues. It’s a pretty sweet deal. 

    We walked down the main street which is pretty much the only street. They must have blown the budget on dead end signs because every side street was a dead end at the water. There was a street fair going on so we walked around before doing some provisioning at the local market. On our return to the boat it started to pour and we got soaked. I guess we should have taken the launch. 

    We then visited with our new friends on their Cape Dory 31 and the they came over to our boat. It was fun talking to a fairly young couple just starting out in sailing. 

    As we were settling down for the evening we could hear all kinds of sirens and ambulances on shore. We wondered what had happened. As it turned out a boat had exploded on the other side of the island near Hart Island. Apparently 21 people had to get rescued. We watched dozens of emergency vehicles driving over the bridge which they had closed for the evening. 

    This was a very nice stop and we enjoyed the Harlem Yacht Club immensely. Turns out this is the fourth time we have stopped here and the last one was about ten years ago. As then the members were all very friendly and welcomed us heartily. We had a great time here. 

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