Great Kills Yacht Club to Manhasset Bay

We departed Great Kills Yacht Club at 1030.  Jim (Blue Heron) arrived just as we cast off and he helped get us out of our slip. We were leaving a full hour early to make sure we got to Battery Park in time to catch the tide through the East River. We made very good time and took advantage of our early arrival to head up the Hudson River while waiting for the tide to change. There was not too much traffic on the Hudson; however, the water taxis were a bit of a nuisance as they darted about.  We entered the East River at 1430 and had a great run. Hell Gate was as calm as it probably gets. We overtook several other sailboats heading to Long Island Sound. We saw a few others ahead of us as we passed under the Throngs Neck Bridge.

Manhasset Bay

We continued on into Long Island Sound and headed to Manhasset Bay where we planned to stay for the evening. Manhasset Bay is in Nassau County and lined with huge, elegant estate homes which were built by the very wealthy over the past century. F. Scott Fitzgerald spent time on Manhasset Bay and used this experience as the basis of his book The Great Gatsby. Scenes for movies of the same title were shot on location in the area.  We took a mooring ball near Port Washington and spent a leisurely evening waiting for the sun to go down.  Another great day.