The morning started overcast but by noon most of the cloud covering had burned away. The anchorage between Ellis Island and Liberty Island was not as calm as we wanted. And the city of New York noise was still with us. I spent the morning vegging out in the cockpit and Jorge went between reading a book and browsing the internet.

We pulled anchor at 1345 a bit before the outgoing current. The wind was again out of the south, on our nose, so no sailing. By an hour out of the anchorage the current had changed and was in our favour. Again we dodged ferries but this time only a couple to the Statue of Liberty and the ones to Staten Island. There were a few large ships that passed us, creating quite a wake but we handled them pretty well. The trip to Sandy Hook was basically uneventful, just as the weather had predicted, 5 to 10 knots and continuing from the south. As we got closer to Atlantic Highlands Marina the winds did pick up and we were able to open the genoa for a bit but we were so close to the marina it almost wasn't worth it. We pulled up to the diesel dock for fuel but the attendant had left early so I guess we will fuel up later in the week. The same with water and pump out.

We returned to the entrance to the marina and anchored just inside the breakwall. Oh my, I almost forgot what the gentle slapping of the water against the hull sounded like after being in New York City for 8 nights. This is going to be heaven! No rocking and rolling or bouncing (I hope.)

While scouting out showers, we met a French man from France who kindly offered us the shower on his boat as the marina does not have facilities. We took him up on his offer. He has a 50' French built boat (can't remember the make) that he has been outfitting for the past 4 years in the hopes of sailing the world. When he gets it finished it is going to be gorgeous! It's not too shabby now.

We dinghied back to CS'ta Time, had a later supper and are ready for a quiet night.

Video of the trip to Sandy Hook.