Sailing our Catamaran 10 Knots Toward a Bridge that WON'T OPEN! E71
January 21, 2023 by Sailing Wind Therapy | Language: EN Play Time: 00:20:09 | SAILING YOUTUBERS
In this episode, we splash our boat after a bottom job and having our windows re-bedded. We make our way west from Long Island sound and sail deep into Long Island thru Mattituck Creek. We stop in Port Jefferson to say good-bye to our AB dinghy and welcome our new Highfield 360 with the Yamaha f25hp engine. It’s a beautiful thing.
The excitement comes as we approach the Roosevelt Island Bridge on the east side of the East River. The UN was in session, so we were prohibited from sailing down the west side, the side with no bridge. We were instructed to call on the radio 30 minutes before we got there. But no one was answering. Radio call after radio call, phone call after phone call! The 5.5 knot current is pushing us at along at record speed toward a bridge that wasn’t opening! Watch to find out what happens.
Along the way, Adrienne gets COVID, our friend Glen pays us a visit, and we sail under all the bridges from Hell’s Gate to Brooklyn as we begin making our way to Annapolis.
Thanks for watching and enjoy our featured music from Eddie 9Volt.
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We’re Jeff and Adrienne. We both grew up sailing, but took 20 years off while married to our exes. When we got together in 2007, we remembered how much we loved sailing. So, we took a week-long sailing class in 2013, bought a Leopard 48 sailing cat, and never looked back (except for when Hurricane Irma destroyed her but we immediately purchased a new Leopard 45). In Spring 2021, our plan is to leave our marina in St. Petersburg, FL, and begin making our way to the Bahamas, then to New England, and then south, arriving in Grenada sometime in June 2022. Maybe, in May 2023, we’ll make our way across the Atlantic Ocean and spend some time in the Mediterranean. And then go around the world. We’ll figure it out. And hopefully, you’ll join us along the way. Thanks for watching our videos. We hope you like them.
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