Ok, what is it about 20nm from City Island to Coney Island? Assume it takes 4
hours with the twists and turns and ferry dodging. That's noon. He is so
concerned about this trip that he will have to stop after that and gather his
wits, so assume he drops anchor behind Sandy Hook for lunch. Say he leaves
Sandy Hook at 3 pm. The 75 mile jaunt should take 30 hours, assuming a 5kn
average. That means he is out and back by, say 10 pm Saturday (a few hours
extra to be conservative), assuming he is not run down by a freighter. He
drops the hook behind Sandy Hook again, and leaves at sunup to catch the flood.

I think he can do it!! And I am willing to take a bet. I know he won't let me
down.


It works out OK next Friday. If he hits the "slack before ebb" at Hell Gate
at 7:53AM, he
can ride the ebb out for the next 4 or 5 hours. Coming back on Sunday is
harder - he
wants to ride the flood in and get to Hell Gate again at slack before ebb,
but now its
9:25 AM or 9:43 PM. He could hit the morning slack if he passes Sandy Hook
early, maybe 6
AM


"SkitchNYC" wrote in message
...
Booby has to do about 30 miles first to get past Sandy Hook. That
includes
Hell Gate, the
East River, NY Harbor, Verrazano Narrows, etc. This will be more
challenging
than going a
few miles offshore.

That is why we are all looking forward to it eagerly. I don't have an
Eldridge's here, but I would be interested to work out when he can feasibly
make it through the Narrows from City Island on Friday July 25. Maybe he
gets
to Atl Highlands for the first night. Leaves Sat morn and turns around
Sunday
dawn. 75 nm will take him 15 hours. Looks tough to do it and get home
Sunday.