Traveling

 6/5- just outside Sandy Hook NJ

  I am writing this as we near Sandy Hook and we have been traveling for 18 hours. It has been a fine trip as we got to actually sail for 5 or 6 hours. We had to take the sails in when the wind shrank and the waves grew. It was kind of bouncy for a while but it was not a big deal. In an hour or so we will hopefully drop our anchor at least for a little while. As soon as the tide gets favorable we will head up the East River to Long Island Sound. 

     I had been very anxious about this part of the trip. Sailing at night is not something to be taken lightly. So far everything has gone according to plan. I have found that the two hardest parts about sailing are starting and stopping. It is not just casting off the lines to get going but it is getting the boat actually moving. Getting out of a slip or off a mooring can be trying. Again same thing with ending your sail. The boat has a momentum to it that makes stopping hard sometimes. 

   Anyway I just found that starting this leg of the trip to be harder than the actual doing of the trip. Let’s hope the stopping goes well tonight. 

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