Engine trouble in New York Harbor.....again! 40◦22'.641 N 074◦07'.811 W

I did not blog last night, as we were having great difficulty getting internet service due to a storm. It did not rain for long, but lots of thunder and lightning. We did go for a walk around Staten Island Park before the rain started and we found some interesting sights. 

I guessed beaches were hard to come by when we saw this particular sight. Park the car and take out the law chairs! Hey whatever works for you. But we kept walking around.  

About 5 minutes later, we came across the Ocean side of the island and found this wonderful sight. We were left really confused; the beach was almost empty, and people were in their law chairs in the parking lot! Go figure!

We are now in New York Harbor. Can't really mistake this picture, can you.

We left the harbor in Staten Island this morning and made our way toward New York Harbor, however our engines had a déjà vu and both of them conked out in succession.  At least it was not simultaneous like the last time. Turns out it was some clogged fuel filters. Jim quickly changed the Starbord engine filters and got it going again, but then just before we entered the harbor, the port engine followed suit. Unfortunately we did not have a second set of filters, so we came into port on one engine. Thank god we have two of them!

We are at Liberty Landing Marina which is directly across the harbor from Manhattan Island. We had looked at some marinas in Manhattan, however with a location directly in the path of the ferries, we really thought we would rather be in a more protected area which was a bit more reasonably priced. It is a very nice marina and we are a short walk away from the ferries of Manhattan. We have a pretty wonderful view of Manhattan from here to. 

The day has finally arrived and our daughter Stéphanie will becoming  on the 9am train tomorrow, so we have a full day of sightseeing waiting for us.  I better get my beauty sleep while I can.

Good night all.