This turned out to be a perfect day. Everything went right today. We left early and got through Hell Gate on a favorable tide. The wind was still blowing hard, but it was in our favor. We zoomed across New York Harbor and through the Verrazano Narrows. We decided to head for the protected marina at Atlantic Highlands and wait for calmer wind before heading out to sea.
When we got behind the breakwater, we dropped anchor and watched carefully. Even though the breakwater protected us from the waves, the wind was still blowing like crazy. Jofian began dragging! Then we understood what happened at Throg Neck. The bottom there was soft, as it is here, so even though we thought we'd set the anchor securely, it didn't hold in the strong wind.
We upped anchor and motored to a mooring buoy. I radioed the marina to find out which buoy we should tie to. I was told that all the mooring buoys were privately owned and we couldn't use any of them. The woman at the marina was very nice. She let us tie to an end dock for a few hours for free. Roy walked to town and bought a few things, while I took a nap.
The weather forecast indicated this would be an ideal night for sailing south, so we left around four o'clock. Rounded the Hook and headed along the coast towards Atlantic City, pushed by a 15-knot northwest wind.
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