ep45 - Sailing New York - Huntington to Cape May - Hallberg-Rassy 54 Cloudy Bay - Sep 2018

[@christianriedel7017]

Thanks for this! Leaving Maine in a few weeks on my new boat and headed south, nice to see what I'm in store for.

[@SailCloudyBay]

I wonder how far south you are heading ... maybe our paths cross. We are sailing south end October.

[@christianriedel7017]

@@SailCloudyBay I'm headed down to the Keys for winter, sitting at the end of the Cape Cod Canal right now and heading to Newport in the AM. I'm not sure if I'm tucking up into the Delaware and taking the canal to the Chesapeake yet or just making the ocean hop to Newport. I'll most likely be alone and with new boat and new to open ocean sailing I'll have to wait for a really good weather window. I'm in a white Hans Christian 33 currently named Distant Drummer out of Brunswick ME until my documentation goes through.

[@SailCloudyBay]

This time of year I would opt to hop down the coast rather than out in the Ocean. Down back of Long island. Through East River (very nice experience ... but make sure you hit Devils gate at slack tide). Have a night tucked in behind Sandy Hook Bay then down NJ coast and into Cape May (lovely place) Then up Delaware, through canal and down Chesapeak and wait in Southern Chesapeake for a window to get around the Hatteras and into Beaufort (or anchor behind Cape Lookout lighthouse). Then hop to Florida. Or .... as a single hander, maybe safer in the Ocean where there is less to hit while you take naps. But you will be victim to all the low pressure systems that roll off the east coast from now on .... If you do Cheasapeake you could attend the Sail Boat show in Annapolis. 12-15 Oct. We'll look out for you.

[@christianriedel7017]

@@SailCloudyBay that was my plan except to stay in the ICW from Norfolk. Currently sitting in Port Washington waiting for the weather from Sam (I'm assuming) to move through and make the hop down to Atlantic City then Cape May. Hoping I can make it to Annapolis in time for the boat show. 🤞🏻

[@rasheedmasthan6779]

Very Nice Video

[@Chris.E.]

Found your channel recently and love it. Love the long format sailing segments. Digging into the old episodes and hoping something new comes out as well. Hope you two are doing great and staying safe.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Welcome board Chris. Wonder how your binge viewing went? Most to come in the future, once we get sailing again. In the meantime there will be a few maintenance videos posted

[@Chris.E.]

@@SailCloudyBay Thanks so much. Happy to be aboard. Binging went....swimmingly. I really do love how much of your videos are pure sailing. Everything from adjusting the lines slightly to shining "brass". All things to keep her sailing true and looking top notch. The technical insight on navigation is nice too. It's fun to watch and even more to learn. Fair winds and following seas!

[@rwplace]

It's been fun watching you sail through Long Island, I have been boating there for many years. Kind of neat seeing it through someone else's eyes. Going down the west side of Roosevelt Island is easier, you can avoid that lift bridge altogether and there is less shoaling and fewer rocks to worry about.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Glad you enjoyed the Long Island Sound videos. For us, this cruising ground was the best on the east coast and we wished we hadn't run out of time. As for the Roosevelt island, we could not go down the West (normal) side as it was shut off due to UN security council meeting in session (LOL .... like we were a threat :) )

[@miragesailing834]

I have to thank you for making these. My hope is to follow this exact track in a few years. Reading about it is one thing but to see it is a HUGE help. Thank you

[@SailCloudyBay]

Its especially nice to receive comments from other sailors knowing that we have encouraged their own dreams with our videos. Thanks for that. Good luck and follow your dream .... DONT wait to long. We've met so many people who left their dream too late in life and were thwarted by health issues.

[@robertaderholdt890]

Thanks for visiting our little part of the world. Just to mention a few highlites you've missed: the cement ship from WWl. Sunk just off the point. The lobster house. (A must stop restaurant where you had drinks.) And the cape may diamonds (you find on the beach.)

[@klausjensen9150]

awesome video of places most of us will more than likely never see and some others lesser travel destinations that may be achievable . Keep up the good work , super nice drone quality . Thanks

[@SailCloudyBay]

Klaus, glad you are enjoying traveling with us. We are certainly going to lots of interesting places.

[@petermcgill4230]

Nice job managing your position ahead of the Roosevelt bridge in that current.

[@SailCloudyBay]

It was indeed tricky. Especially when the bridge was not ready for us and we had to turn around into the current. I made the turn and thought: "OK, we are making headway", then glanced at the river bank to see that we were actually going backwards towards the unopened bridge! Dont think my hand ever went that fast to the throttle!

[@genesmith4019]

I'm sorry we didn't see you in Cape May. Our ALMA is berthed there and we could've shown you some of the unique sites. Your care of Cloudy is very impressive. "Brill" I believe you call it- Stay safe and should you cruise Cape May again look us up.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Gene, we sure will. We loved Cape May and the weather was glorious.

[@francodeseta9999]

Chills! ... Seeing under a bridge, a yacht, Mast height from DWL. "80.5 feet tall. Complimenti! Per i bellissimi Video. Come sempre.

[@SailCloudyBay]

E grazie per i tuoi bellissimi commenti e per averci seguito così appassionatamente. PS: Glen può parlare solo inglese (ovviamente ... lui è inglese!) Ma Oana può conversare nella maggior parte delle lingue europee.

[@steveholton4130]

Did you see the Coast Guard Base? Along with being an important Rescue Base, Coast Guard Station Cape May is the east coast base for Basic Training for enlistees. sdh in CT

[@SailCloudyBay]

Yes we saw it. We were anchored right next to it.

[@stevehunterart]

I'm not sure why you went to the east of Roosevelt Island and made the bridge rise, when if you took the western side there was no waiting for a bridge.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Normal rout was closed due to UN Security Council meeting. Otherwise no way would we have gone that side.

[@en8581]

Great video. I have passed Manhattan several times but always went along the west side of Roosevelt Island avoiding that rising bridge. I am curious why you needed to go along the east side of Roosevelt Island?

[@SailCloudyBay]

Good question. There we a UN security Council session being held at the UN HQ, so they had closed off the western passage passed Roosevelt. In the morning they had closed off the entire river while the heads of state were traveling to the UN building.

[@bill4nier]

Awesome sail! Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😊⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵

[@SailCloudyBay]

Glad you enjoyed it Bill. Oana is determined to catch up on the videos, so likely there will be lots more uploaded in the coming weeks.

[@leonardleshinsky7513]

Great video's. I have a Hykas 46 that will need Davits similar to yours. What is the make?

[@SailCloudyBay]

Our davits are Simpson Lawrence Brand ... but SL when out of business several years ago and their Davits are now make by Cooney in the UK. We love them!

[@Oggiwara1]

Good job! I know how exhausting it is to steer through 6 Knots of tidal current in a narrow sound. In a river with boat traffic around, you need to be 110 % consentrated.

[@SailCloudyBay]

I was indeed quite tense until we were finally through that bridge. Normally we would pass on the West side of Roosevelt island, but because of a United Nations security council meeting, with all the world leaders at the UN, they had shut off that route on the east river.

[@steenkigerrider5340]

Do you happen to know what the maximum air draught is for the bridges you passed from Loung Island Sound up to Manhattan?

[@SailCloudyBay]

If you take the normal western route passed Roosevelt island, I believe the clearance you need is 135ft, for all bridges.

[@yorukkizigeziyor]

Very Beautiful 😍👍

[@SailCloudyBay]

Where are you guys from. The name looks Turkish?

[@yorukkizigeziyor]

@@SailCloudyBay Hi ! Yes We are from Turkey in İstanbul

[@paratrond]

I enjoy your video quite mutch😁🍺⛵

[@SailCloudyBay]

Thanks for the nice comment. We have lots of others on our You Tube channel "Sail Cloudy Bay" (just in case you only landed on this one video, by chance).

[@hellohellohello6847]

6 knots of tide!! You should sail in the uk!

[@SailCloudyBay]

Even if we would like strong tides ... UK is tooooo chilly! :)

[@Dusty10]

OK thats a good view

[@Dusty10]

Maybe next time go down the Hudson🐙

[@SailCloudyBay]

We would have loved to ... but not enough time unfortunately. Maybe we come back to east coast USA next summer too.

[@breathingtube]

That was us on the clipper :)

[@SailCloudyBay]

Yes .... saw your post on FB too. What a coincidence! That was the clipper that we were heading towards when all 3 of us were on the foredeck, I guess.

[@ВладимирОбразцов-х2й]

Очень и очень хорошие виды. Отлично!

[@alymohamed9666]

Nic video

[@SailCloudyBay]

Gald you enjoyed it Aly. Lots more on our You Tube channel: Sail Cloudy Bay (just in case this was the only video of ours that you came across.)

[@psyience3213]

Don't see much sailing

[@SailCloudyBay]

Matthew, not all our videos have us sailing. We shoot the video as it is. Some videos are pure destination travel while Other videos on our channel are pure sailing. Most are a mixture of both. Try Bermuda to Antigua in Dec’18 or Antigua to USA earlier in 2018. Loooots of sailing in those videos.

[@michaeldouglas6872]

@@SailCloudyBay Bermuda to Antigua is one of the best ! .. as far as some serious passage making and sailing shots