July 4, 2022

Our original plan was to simply to visit the Larchmont Yacht Club over the 4th of July holiday in 2022, visiting several friends but also our host Gabriel Asaftei.

We ended up working from and staying in Port Washington (just across the Sound) for almost 2 weeks, which was wonderful and educational.

Marcus Eich and Jolanda Blum joined us at the Larchmont Yacht Club for the first few days in their motor yacht, “Sky’s the Limit”.

A thunderstorm nearby reminded us nature’s fireworks are way better than anything we might do

We left Larchmont for a short sail over to Port Washington, where our friends Fabio and Rose spend their summers on “Fata Morgana”, a beautiful Hylas sailboat.

After a week or so working remotely during the week of the 4th, we finally left our mooring ball, said goodbye to Margaux, picked up some new friends at the Port Washington dock and set sail further up the Sound, to North Port, where we secured another mooring at Seymour’s.

Starting in Port Washington, Rebecca and Ramon joined us for the sail up to North Port and the return all the way back to Manhattan.

Heading Home

We left early to arrive at a very difficult area to navigate, Hell Gate, at slack tide which only happens once or twice a day. We targeted a ~2pm transition, which meant leaving North Port at 5 am. However, the sunrise was beautiful with a little fog and mirror flat water.