DAY 12

Word from Pete today:
They haven’t been able to be in touch because they have been having so much fun in NYC and phones are dead. Pete VP spent Thursday with his cousin in the city, and Pete H spent time with his lady friend! Thursday they met up with Chris B. and Friday they set sail cruised past Manhattan, past Ellis island, got right up the next to the statue of liberty and on out past New York harbor and the industrial shipping, dodging barges and tankers. They motored out of NYC late yesterday morning. Because they had to wait for the tides to turn, they didn't leave until around 10am.



Spent last night in Sandy Hook (a few hours sail away from New York) did an oil change for the motor. Their fresh water drinking tank which was pumped dry in Woods Hole had somehow filled with salt water. Also... their motor has developed a steady oil leak... and the bilge is still filling up with water so it needs to be pumped 2-3 times a day. Pete quotes “the boat is slowly falling apart”! (haha) They see it as small bumps in the road and are fixing things as they go. They are out in the open ocean headed down the Jersey coast. They plan to stay there for a couple of days and wait out the up coming storm before they head off to Atlantic City!