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We woke at 5am, and passed by lady liberty just as the Queen Mary 2 arrived.  She was the first ship we saw Manhattan from when we did a transatlantic crossing back in May 2005, and it was nice of her to return for our passage through New York Harbor. Harmony is certainly a more humble vessel, but we couldn’t have been happier to be aboard her and heading for home.  It is hard to say anything original about the splendid NYC skyline but it is all the more impressive from sea level.

We were in Long Island sound by 8 am and travelled another 70 miles or so till sundown when we reached Plum Island almost at the end of Long Island.  En route the coast guard came by for a visit but only to check our boat registration.  Thankfully they didn’t feel the need to board us, as they had done with several other boats, which we heard over the radio.  We dropped anchor at sundown, had hot whiskies to defrost, and prepared for our last day of this trip aboard Harmony, Quissett Harbor, and home sweet home 70 miles north.