I am forced to change the posts of my blog because of the lack of time to due each day & the limited frequency of internet connections. Graeme & I checked into WiFi antenna before we left Ottawa & every possible spot during this journey, but to no avail. Some sailors we have met got their's through the internet. This is one suggestion I would make to increase the ability to connect to the internet.
Sept. 24-- leaving Castleton-on-Hudson today at noon. We had some excitement at the masting crane just before we were ot leave; a gentleman who was masting his boat may have been having a heart attack when my services were called for. Parameds were called & I did convince him to go with them to hospital. Another gorgeous day, sunny & the tide is going with us. Destination is Athens (15.1nm), a shallow anchorage, but protected. It is sure different anchoring with tide & current opposite the wind direction.
Sept. 25--heavy fog in the am but soon dissipated, then sunny with a light cloud cover, but by eve rain clouds, & increased winds & river chop at are destination Newburgh-Beacon. Distance travelled today was a long 51.4nm. Anchoring again tricky because of high tide & current opposite the wind . A rock 'n rolling night.
Sept. 26--grey & rainy (+++ at times), & gusty winds & heavy river chop which made up-anchoring difficult. We tried upping sails today, but good for only short time. Motored past West Point, a US Military Academy, past some spectacular Appalachian Mountains to our night anchorage destination, Haverstraw Bay, a distance of 18.2nm.
Sorry, but pictures will need to be posted at another time when I have time to learn & the connection to do so.
