Wellcraft V-20 Manhattan Circle line cruise

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My MIL is up from NC this week...anyone who visits from out of state gets the complimentary NYC circle line cruise in the V. 37 miles around the island. Takes about 3 hours. We launch at Liberty State Park which is just behind the Statue of Liberty,and go clockwise around the island heading north up the Hudson River, past the George Washington Bridge, take a right down the harlem river, into the east river and back across NY harbor to finish up.


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Intrepid Museum
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One of the retired Concorde's is permanently located here now.
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Kids jumping off the rocks into the Harlem River --- just like Alcapulco

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Sea plane!!! hey it is just like the carribean
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Brooklyn Bridge
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South Street Seaport
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It was perfect timing, the cruise ship we passed on the way up was heading out as we came back across the harbor. I always wanted to get up close to one of those when they are under way (not that close)
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Thanks for sharing those!!
For some reason it never dawned on me the ability to do just what your outing did, afternoon cruise around NY.
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that is so unbelievably cool. I just would not have thought you could tow a boat into/near New York City for a cruise like that. It is really neat to see big cities by boat. I have done several cruises in Boston Harbor in my V, and have cruised the Ohio River through Louisville and Cincinatti.
 
:nice:Very awesome cruise! Would love to do it one day myself. Have done the Delaware river past Philly before, but nothin like that..
 
I'll tell you, that water right by the Statue of Liberty, can be some very nasty water...I was quite surprised at the way I bouced up and down, just sitting there, and the trip up from the Verazzano bridge was no easy task either (took water over the bow, at least twice). You really need to know what you are doing and how to handle your boat, to be safe there.

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Nice shots RW, have not done that trip for many years. As CTT says can be very tricky waters to run, lots of fast moving traffic. Great sites, when we did it last it was at night in a friends 28 footer and it was gorgeous, a little scary but sweet to see on a little boat.
 
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I'll tell you, that water right by the Statue of Liberty, can be some very nasty water...I was quite surprised at the way I bouced up and down, just sitting there, and the trip up from the Verazzano bridge was no easy task either (took water over the bow, at least twice). You really need to know what you are doing and how to handle your boat, to be safe there.

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yea, I would say that water out in front of the statue was by far the roughest....definitely what you would call a very large "confused" chop. I did that ride once in my 18' bowrider and I was not at all comfortable crossing the harbor in it. Throw in the ferry boats hauling *** all over the place and you definitely cannot let your guard down for a minute....The area they call "hells gate" where the long island sound ties into the east river was definitely interesting too. It wasnt too bad the day I was there but I could imagine that if you found yourself in the water out in that area you would be history. I only took water over the bow once when a 40' or so cabin cruiser blew past us in the east river going full tilt boogie (no wake zone of course) and put about a 5' wake right at us. I did have enough room to get the bow pointed into it fortunately.
 
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That looks like a very interesting trip.

I would love to do that, maybe when I retire.


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Oh, maybe I will start a bucket list!!!
 
Awesome!

Man I will have love to cruse around like that on a V , When I worked in NY I did the annual Circle Line and my company treated us to a cruse around the Island once, But around on a V priceless !
Great pictures also, God I miss NY..
 
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