This is the last of it - We beat feet for Great Kill Bay and our next stopping place. It got dark fast and we ended up coming in to the harbor in the dark. The markers are not lit and there were people fishing in the water yelling at us - thank goodness because we missed a marker. We quickly adjusted but when we entered the bay it was filled with boats on mooring balls, no lights. Josh was waiting for us on the end of a dock - got our attention and we gathered a crowd that helped us tie down. It was a long exasperating day. We rested up on Monday . Tomorrow we are taking the Staten Island Ferry into New York - another adventure
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e Verrazano-Narrows Bridge is a double-decked suspension bridge that connects the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City at the Narrows, the reach connecting the relatively protected upper bay with the larger lower bay.
The bridge is named for both the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, the first known European navigator in the service of the French crown to enter New York Harbor and the Hudson River, and for the body of water it spans: the Narrows. It has a center span of 4,260 feet (1,298 m) and was the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time of its completion in 1964, until it was surpassed by the Humber Bridge in the United Kingdom in 1981. It now has the ninth longest main span in the world, is still the longest bridge span in the Americas, and its massive towers can be seen throughout a good part of the New York metropolitan area, including from spots in all five boroughs of New York City. The bridge is also easily seen from points in New Jersey including a great viewpoint from the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge Township.
The bridge furnishes a critical link in the local and regional highway system. Since 1976, it has been the starting point of the New York City Marathon.[4] The bridge marks the gateway to New York Harbor; all cruise ships and most container ships arriving at the Port of New York and New Jersey must pass underneath the bridge and thus must be built to accommodate the clearance under the bridge. This is most notable in the case of the ocean liner RMS Queen Mary 2.
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| the Atlantic Ocean - I can't believe we have made it this far |
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| New York Lights - from a sail boat being tossed on chop |
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