Saturday, May 17- Monday, May 19

Saturday we traveled to Pollepel Island and began getting the boat ready to have her mast taken down. It was a short hop there from NYC and we wanted to be able to spend the next day with friends Jeff and Carmel Jones in Poughkeepsie. Gary has this operation pretty much memorized as to what has to be done. Pollepel Island is just across the river from Newburg NY.
Sunday we did indeed enjoy going to dinner with Jeff and Carmel. They also found us a drug store and grocery store so we could provision for the remainder of the trip. We stayed at the Poughkeepsie Yacht Club and rock and rolled on the river. Friends we met in Cape May stayed in NYC for about $4.00 a foot, plus electric.

Monday, May 19 was the tough day. Not only traveling 80 miles to Waterford but it included having the mast stepped in Catskill Creek. We pulled in to Hop-O-Nose Marina at 11:00 am. We went directly into the dock and within 30 mins the mast was dropped and 30 mins after that (securing the mast) we left that marina. A quick stop to fuel and pumpout at Riverview and we were on the river again. Annette at the helm and Gary finishing up the tie down of the mast we headed for Waterford. This is a picture of one of the Hudson River lighthouses. We see several along this section. We put in to Waterford around 6:30 pm and as tempting as going out to dinner was, Annette loves the shepherd's pie at the local restaurant, the cold temps and wind kept us aboard Sabbatical for dinner. What's with this cold weather up here?