Raritan Bay Boogie

[SailorChlud]

So today I launched in the Raritan River with a friend and his son along, for a few hours of exploration and relaxation. The wind was pretty strong out of the west - right down river, adding to the 3-4 knot current. We took off fast from the dock!

Put in about a 32 NM jaunt around the bay, including gunkholing in Great Kills Harbor, Staten Island (where neither of us had ever peeked in before) and an hour or so on the hook off Keansburg beach, where we thought about swimming. I say thought about, because I got two rungs down the swim ladder and came back up - the bay still seemed to be sub-60 degree temps, so that was that.

Rolled past the Great Beds lighthouse on the way back, and had a photo op with the guests. Back at the dock by 12:30, and home by 1pm for a late lunch.