M/V MASCOT: August 2016 - Hudson River to Westbrook, CT

Now that we've completed the Triangle Loop, we are on the home stretch. We traveled 5 days down the Hudson River stopping in places like Saugerties, Poughkeepsie, Chelsea and Croton-on-Hudson. We only had one day with wind against current for a pretty unpleasant cruise, otherwise, it was beautiful. Our stop in Poughkeepsie was to visit friends from RMHYC where we enjoyed a wonderful dinner. Thank you Brenda & Ted for welcoming us into your home. While we were out for the evening, we found out the next morning, someone had hit our boat. Not major damage but enough to scar her with a few scrapes down the starboard side. The next day RMHYC friends, Harela & Vic, picked us up and we went to Motorcyclopedia in Newburgh. This museum turned out to be pretty awesome with over 450 bikes on display from 1st half of 20th century. Special emphasis on Indian motorcycles as well as military & police, choppers, scooters and more. There were even a few for visitors to sit on for photo ops.

We docked at One 15 Brooklyn Marina located just south of the Brooklyn Bridge. We wouldn't want to spend an extended period of time on the boat here because wakes from ferries and water taxi's would be too much to take but for a one night stop, it was perfect. What a view of Manhattan! We met up with friends we met earlier in the summer and they took us for a bicycle excursion around the city. Over the Manhattan Bridge, down the East Side, around the battery and up to 75th St where we stopped for lunch, then south to Warren St and back across via the Brooklyn Bridge. 27.5 miles! Very fun afternoon.

Greenwich, CT is home to the previous owners of our American Tug so we stopped to visit them. When they owned our boat, they had it painted at Brewer Pilots Point Marina in Westbrook and suggested we stop there for an estimate on repairing the damage done in Poughkeepsie. We got a reasonable estimate and also found out they still had the paint on hand. With Hurricane Matthew wreaking havoc on the East Coast at this time, we weren't going anywhere and since we were nearing the end of boating season in New England, we decided to leave the boat in Westbrook for the winter, have them do the work on the boat and then rent a slip here for the summer of 2017 to explore Long Island Sound.