Lyn's Log, 17th June 2007
New York

New York.
N40º47', W73º59'
14,905 miles.

The rain stopped by midday next day and we set off for an overnight passage to New York, even though a Coast Guard weather warning was still in effect. The waves were quite steep for a while but slowly improved. The winds were fine though by the morning it was calm so we motored around Sandy Hook and into New York harbour. We arrived at the municipal marina in the Hudson River in the Upper West Side district of Manhattan, quite close to Central Park, on Tuesday afternoon 5th June. It was exciting coming up the river beside Brooklyn and right up to the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and the Manhattan skyscrapers.

New York is much like London, only taller. I have been up the Empire State building, seen the Natural History Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, cycled around Central Park, visited Macey’s, Barney’s and Bloomingdales, walked round Greenwich Village and the Wall Street area, travelled by subway and bus, shopped at the magnificent local deli, Zabar’s, and had a hair cut. We went to the theatre and saw Les Miserables.