2011-09-24 - to New York City, NY
We pulled out of the anchorage and headed to NYC. The trip only took us 4 hours with the tide going with us (we were going over 9 knots). We approached the 79th Street Basin and grabbed one of the mooring balls just for the moment, until we had further instruction from the dockmaster. He was quick to come on the radio to inform us that multihulls were not allowed in the mooring area. This was news to us. Apparently, a catamaran or two had damaged their mooring ball lines and now we are not allowed on the balls. Oh well, we were offered the dock and took that instead. We headed to town on our bikes. 79th Street Boat Basin is located close to Riverside Park, which heads north to south. It was a great ride on the bike paths. We saw the large carrier, Intrepid - it was very impressive. Connor was really anxious about going to Toys-R-Us in Times Square so we cut in and headed towards the square. He bought a new Nerf gun that he was saving up for and was just over the moon about it. We ended the ride home by going for a bike ride in Central Park. We covered a lot of ground today and had such a nice time together. The one exciting thing that happened in the city was later in the day motorcades with sirens were travelling several of the streets. You could hear their sirens coming from several groups. As one went by us you could see the men in matching suits pointing out the car, talking into their headsets and then, all of a sudden, they burst out of their cars and went charging down the street. Several people ran to see what the commotion was all about. I noticed that one of the cars had 'Turkey' written on it and then it occurred to me that the United Nations were having their general assembly this week. Perhaps, these cars were transporting representatives from the United Nations? It was a site out of the movies, for sure.
We pulled out of the anchorage and headed to NYC. The trip only took us 4 hours with the tide going with us (we were going over 9 knots). We approached the 79th Street Basin and grabbed one of the mooring balls just for the moment, until we had further instruction from the dockmaster. He was quick to come on the radio to inform us that multihulls were not allowed in the mooring area. This was news to us. Apparently, a catamaran or two had damaged their mooring ball lines and now we are not allowed on the balls. Oh well, we were offered the dock and took that instead. We headed to town on our bikes. 79th Street Boat Basin is located close to Riverside Park, which heads north to south. It was a great ride on the bike paths. We saw the large carrier, Intrepid - it was very impressive. Connor was really anxious about going to Toys-R-Us in Times Square so we cut in and headed towards the square. He bought a new Nerf gun that he was saving up for and was just over the moon about it. We ended the ride home by going for a bike ride in Central Park. We covered a lot of ground today and had such a nice time together. The one exciting thing that happened in the city was later in the day motorcades with sirens were travelling several of the streets. You could hear their sirens coming from several groups. As one went by us you could see the men in matching suits pointing out the car, talking into their headsets and then, all of a sudden, they burst out of their cars and went charging down the street. Several people ran to see what the commotion was all about. I noticed that one of the cars had 'Turkey' written on it and then it occurred to me that the United Nations were having their general assembly this week. Perhaps, these cars were transporting representatives from the United Nations? It was a site out of the movies, for sure. 
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