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<\/a><\/p>\nMichelle, the event photographer (hoping she will send in some contributions, hint, hint \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
And of course, Captain Matthew<\/p>\n The first day was a lovely sail up the Chesapeake to Annapolis,<\/p>\n where we stayed at the noisy party-dock known as “Ego Alley”, where everyone goes to show off their toys.<\/p>\n Every bridge looks like you won’t fit under it, but of course the route was well planned, and we did<\/p>\n And sharing the narrow Delaware Canal with a huge car transport ship was something! We were so close the whole thing didn’t fit in one frame. We saw a huge variety of ships and boats over the course of the two week trip, enough to warrant its own blog later.<\/p>\n Homeland Security came to check up on us at the marina in Delaware City, and were disappointed to find out we didn’t need any paperwork to take the boat back to Canada.<\/p>\n we headed out on our 36 hour passage to New York City. Not many pics of that leg, as we were all kept busy either sleeping or keeping watch in the fog for ships, fishing boats, lobster traps and unfortunately, for floating debris. I was appalled at the amount of garbage floating around in the ocean, especially at the hundreds of mylar balloons. Those things should be outlawed as an environmental disaster!<\/p>\n The fog lifted and the sun came out in time for our arrival in New York harbour. What a thrill to see all those iconic landmarks from the deck of our own boat!<\/p>\n Statue of Liberty, right up close<\/p>\n Manhattan skyline,<\/p>\n then at night, from our marina berth<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n