On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:51:10 -0400, Gogarty
wrote:

Getting to the
city from City Island is by comparison a hassle.

Yes, it is an epic multi media adventure involving busses and subways
through some of the less desirable parts of the city. We discovered
that the hard way back in the 70s when we were becalmed one afternoon
in our old Soling with no auxillary power. Eventually the wind filled
in enough to get us back but by then the marina had closed down for
the night and our car was locked inside. Not wanting to spend the
night either in the car or the Soling (small, open cockpit sailboat
with no cabin), we set about getting back into Manhattan the hard way.