Greenpoint to Staten Island

We departed Greenpoint Landing on Friday 6/17/11 with a south wind. Headed north up the bay and anchored on the Bohemia River.We continued north the next day through the C&D canal, then southeast down the Delaware River into the Delaware Bay. Our anchorage was slightly rough on the northeast side of the Delaware River. Entered Cape May from the west through the Cape May canal- lots of motor boat traffic. Anchored in Cape May by the Coast Guard station. We spent two nights in Cape May- used the i-phone to navigate through the marshes in the dingy to the center of Cape May. We left Cape May on Tuesday morning through the ocean cut and headed north along the Jersey coast with a southwest wind. Sailed 16 hours with the genoa poled out until the wind died in the early morning. Motorsailed the rest of the way to Sandy Hook. The radar proved to be very useful with all the ship traffic converging on New York Harbor in the dark night. Anchored at Great Kills Harbor on Staten Island, NY. We soon found out that since 9/11 transient boaters are not welcome to step ashore unless they are patrons of a marina so, because of this and heavy fog, we were stuck on the boat for two nights. We were hoping to leave for the East River this morning but, due to heavy fog and bad weather again, we decided to get a mooring at the Richmond County Yacht Club so we could come ashore legally. We are currently sharing a "hero" (hoagie) at an internet deli. Pictured: proof that the crew of Trilogy all made it to Cape May and Darlene in the dinghy by our Cape May anchorage.