[Rhodes22-list] East River

[stan]

I note you say, "in any kind of vessal".  I did it in a 15' Snipe.  (Since
all other Snipes are 16',  I hold the record for doing it in a 15' one.)
What is more, I did half the round trip without a motor.  When I succumbed
to owning a motor and bought a 2 hp Evinrude along the way, it cut my
backward speed down about 2 knots. I had to grab onto a barge and share
supper with the innkeeper while waiting for Hell Gate to change her mind.
The lonely barge keeper did not want to see me go but I had read that all
good captains sail on the tide. The Circle Line did help.  Bridge keepers
told me I had to wait for a Circle Line boat so I could go through when they
opened the bridge for one of them.   In the dark water of night I elected to
go around the bow end of what appeared to me to be a giant battleship parked
across the East River - when a voice hollered out of the black, "Halt, who
goes there?"   I had sailed into the Brooklyn Navy Yard.  It took spotlights
dancing on water to get me out of there before the "commence firing" command
was given..

all from "The Mothers of My Affections" story that the New Yorker said they
would publish if I would change my name to Mailer.

   stan/gbi

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Alm" <salm at mn.rr.com>
To: "Rhodes" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] East River


> At the risk of sounding like a tourist, we took the Circle Line tour which
> goes around the whole island (Manhattan) and we thought it was one of the
> greatest boating excursions ever. For a non-New Yorker, it was also very
> informative as the pilot narrated the whole way.  We took tons of photos,
> including the WTC that we cherish a lot.  I highly recommend the trip in
any
> kind of vessel.
>
> Slim
>
> On 6/7/04 10:48 PM, "Michael Meltzer" <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com> wrote:
>
> > Sound like a nice trip for my girls, once around the city, have to do
it.
> >
> > MJM
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com>
> > To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 10:28 PM
> > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] East River
> >
> >
> > Peter,
> >
> > The run down the East River is a lot of fun, and not to be missed.  The
only
> > problem is that it goes by so fast, and you don't have
> > the option to linger.  You go under the bridges, under the planes at
> > LaGuardia, through hell gate--a piece of cake in slack
> > tide--just like inland lakes, a matter of timing--past the Chrysler
Building,
> > the UN, the Empire State Building, the Brooklyn
> > Bridge--and then you pop out and can see the Statue of Liberty!
> >
> > It's spectacular.
> >
> > We've talked about how to do it on the list numerous times, but if you
missed
> > those discussions I'm sure we can find them back.
> >
> > There are lots of pretty places to sail on Long Island Sound, but
there's
> > nothing in the world like sailing down the East River.
> > (Actually I always motor, and would recommend that you do the same.)
> >
> > Bill Effros
> >
> >
> >