Found a great anchorage at Brielle, NJ for the night and then headed up the coast to NYC. Beautiful trip! Got to Shipyard Marina where we had planned to stay for a couple of days to explore the city, but the impact from the constant frerries was AWFUL!!!! We and Hide Aweigh got bounced a LOT and we headed up to Half Moon Bay in Croton-On-Hudson. We opted to take the train back to the city to explore. Worked on the boat for a couple of days and headed up to Kingston, NY for a night. The next day, we got to the free dock at Troy. Since there was not much there by way of provisions, we then proceeded about 30 minutes up to the Welcome Center at Watertown for 2 days--COOL Place! Tomorrow, we will start up the Erie Canal!