We're finally heading south! We got our mast put up yesterday morning and got all the sails back up so now we're heading down the Hudson. The hudson has been really nice with all the fall colors and mountains to the west.
First day with the sails up there was no wind, but I couldn't be too upset with a perfect sunny day.
Here's our mast going up. It's amazing how quick and easy it is. The tough part was the rest of the day that we spent putting the radar up, sails up, and rerigging everything.
I noticed this morning that our speed over water was faster than our speed over ground, which meant that the hudson was actually flowing north(by about 1 knot). This chart on our GPS shows how the changing tide affects the Hudson's current. I thought this was really interesting considering we were still at least 100 miles from the coast.
We got to our marina and were a little discusted at the segal crap all over the dock. It got worse when a rat came out from under the dock and started feasting. The marina was actually pretty nice though and we're the only boat here. Tomorrow we should be getting to New York City (or just north of it). We're all pretty excited to sail by the statue of liberty.
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