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Photos of the NYC harbor area

• August 31, 2008: We go sailing on an abortive attempt to reach Ambrose Light (low winds defeated us):
  View from our boat at our slip, looking south at Shelly's and others       View from our boat at our slip, looking west       View from our boat at our slip, looking east at NYC       Sea Fever       Calypso       The Verrazano       South of the Verrazano       Sandy Hook ahead       A lighthouse in the lower bay       Our guests for the trip: Richie   and Maryann (and Steph's toes!)

• June 2, 2008: We go sailing on a beautiful early summer day with family and friends:
  Tim, Bill and Peter       Laura and Tim       Peter       Tim and Otto       Tim and Andrea       We saw a sea monster       Not pictured: Shelly, Steph

• October 21, 2007: We go sailing on a beautiful warm October day with our photographer, Andrew O'Daly:       The parking lot at the marina       parking lot       our sailboat, Mistral       the Colgate clock just outside our marina       Goldman-Sachs building       NYC skyline       helicopters everywhere       the skipper       Andrew       Andrew at the Verrazano

  Andrew and the Statue of Liberty:       1       2       3       The skipper at the Statue

  State of Liberty:       1       2       3       4

  Other boats:       Pioneer:      1       2       3       4       5       Pioneer and Shearwater:      1       2       Shearwater       NYC Police boat       Sea Streak       Wavertree (at South Street Seaport)       Peking (at South Street Seaport)       One of many water taxis       Miss New York       Norwegian Spirit       Norwegian Spirit and Norwegian Crown       cruise ships sailing off to wherever

  Staten Island Ferries:       leaving the Manhattan ferry terminal       up close       terminal at Manhattan       two Staten Island Ferries passing

  Famous and nearly-famous buildings:       Ellis Island:       1       2       North Cove marina, at the WTC       North Cove       South Street Seaport       the Watchtower building       City Hall       ice cream parlor at the Brooklyn side of the Brooklyn Bridge       from Men in Black       WTC       skyline:       1       2       3       4       5       6       7       late afternoon NYC skyline       Empire State Building and Chrysler Building       sunlight reflecting off the skyscrapers at lower Manhattan       sunlight reflecting at dusk

  Bridges:       Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan side       BB from below:       1       2       Manhattan Bridge (Williamsburg Bridge in background)       Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn side       Verrazano Narrows Bridge

  Liberty Landing Marina at sunset:       1       2       3       4       5       Putting Mistral to rest       parking lot

• December 5, 2006: The NY Times took photos of the Intrepid as it moved from midtown Manhattan to Bayonne for renovations:
        with Manhattan in the background
        with Jersey City in the background
        with the Statue of Liberty in the background
        with the Statue of Liberty apparently on-deck!

• September, 2006: We went to Sandy Hook with some of our friends:
        Mistral south of the Verrazano (Bali Hai behind)
        Mistral south of the Verrazano (Steph in cockpit, PJ up front)
        Rafted with True Blue
        Rafted with True Blue
        PJ, Bill and Cindy go to pick up Otto

• May 28, 2006: Toured NY harbor with some new friends from San Diego:
        Governer's Island and Statue of Liberty
        Battery Park
        Brooklyn Bridge
        NY City Hall
        South Street Seaport
        don't recognize the boat
        Cyndi's idea of sailing
        Cruise ship at Red Hook
        Governer's Island from Buttermilk Channel
        another shot of cruise ship (from Buttermilk Channel)
        Manhattan from the East River
        Jersey City (distance) and Staten Island Ferry Terminal at Manhattan
        Steph & friend
        friends
        Otto (Shelly's dawg)
        flyover
        Someone's idea of a cute idea (?)

• September 11, 2005: We went out sailing for the day, and saw the Twin Towers memorial lights after dark.
  smaller pictures:
        The Mystic Whaler was visiting
        The Colgate Clock in Jersey City
        Zephyr
        Sea Fever
        Pioneer (I think!)

  several photos of the Twin Towers
        1
        2

  large pictures:
        Colgate Clock
        Mystic Whaler
        Zephyr

  several photos of Sea Fever:
        1
        2
        3

  several photos of the Twin Towers:
        1
        2
        3

• September 19, 2004: We went out for the day with the Leivano's
  Steph and Bill - Carolina and Nicholas - Nicholas and the New York City skyline - Nicholas and Fabio - the Pioneer - Lady Liberty - The Assistant Skipper - approaching the Verrazano Narrows Bridge - Verrazano Narrows Bridge - helicopter - the Norwegian Dawn and one of the Staten Island Ferries - the Norwegian Dawn and the Statue and one of the Staten Island Ferries - New York City in the dusk (BIG file!) - back at Liberty Landing Marina

• August 22, 2004: Four sailboats went from NJ up the East River thru Hell's Gate into the Long Island Sound, and back again.
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• July 17, 2004 baby birds and a fireboat (the Harvey):
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• July 11, 2004: Why we weren't out sailing on our boat...
  parent -3 hungry baby birds- -another photo- -another photo- -parent-

• July 4&5, 2004: Lady Liberty, a grounding, A Fourth of July party, flags, birds, and the Queen Mary II
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• June 27, 2004: Why we aren't out sailing on our boat (more)...
        -eggs 2- -eggs 3- -mom 2- -mom 3-

• June 27, 2004: We went sailing on Sea Fever
        the Intrepid
        the Concorde
        ditto
        kayakers
        sailboat
        another
        upper Manhattan
        Riverside Cathedral
        view of the GWB from the north
        the northern tip of Manhattan (note Metro North train at water level; bridge is the Henry Hudson bridge connecting Manhattan (on the right) to the Bronx (on the left)
        Metro North train crossing into Manhattan from the Bronx
        our skipper and his dawg…

• June 24, 2004: Why we aren't out sailing...
        eggs mom

• September 14, 2002: Sail for America filled NY Harbor with sailboats!
        Part One
        Part Two
        Someone else snapped a picture of our sailboat! (photo added October 16)

• August 17, 2002
        Skyline with Schooner
        Fireboat

• Fleet Week, May 2002
        Part of the Fleet
        The Coast Guard's Tall Ship, the Eagle
        Cruise ships and warships
        Cruise ships and warships and the NYC Police

• An early September weekend, 2001, with no warning of what was to happen two days later
        George Washington Bridge
        Chelsea Piers and Empire State Building
        New York City skyline from our sailboat (on the Hudson)    (September 9, 2001)
        Cruise ship
        Cruise ship and ferry to Statue of Liberty
        Cruise ship and other boats with World Trade Center
        Cruise ship with World Trade Center
        Statue of Liberty in silhouette at dusk

For a listing of current sailings of cruise ships in and out of the NY/NJ harbor, ship photos and paintings, and lots more information, visit World Ship Society, Port of New York Branch

If you want to take a sail on a charter 30' Catalina, or other sailing ships, go to www.SailTheHudson.com

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