Nautical photographer Onne van der Wal and his wife, Tenley, spent the past two years refitting Snow Goose, their 1986 Grand Banks 32, with the goal of taking her south for the winter. On October 6, the van der Wals left their homeport of Jamestown, Rhode Island, to begin leg 1 of their journey. Snow Goose reached New York City 4 days later. Along the way the couple stopped at coastal towns on Long Island Sound, including Mystic, Connecticut and Port Washington, New York. This gallery captures some of the highlights of leg 1 in pictures. Soundings will cover Snow Goose’s run south, leg by leg, as she continues down the ICW and makes her way over to the Bahamas.
One of the spark plug style lighthouses on the Connecticut shore line of Long Island Sound.
Snow Goose motors through Brenton Cove in Newport Harbor.
The Morgan Point Light in Noank, CT.
A small house on Mouse Island off Noank, CT.
A charter schooner heads south from Mystic, CT.
Tenley enjoys a cup of coffee while checking her emails onboard Snow Goose.
The red and white navigation mark #NH on Long Island Sound at sunrise
The Goose on Narragansett Bay as seen from a drone up at about 600ft.
Tenley at work in the galley while tied up in Liberty Landing, NJ.
An almost ghost like appearance of the NYC skyline as it rises above the horizon on Long Island Sound as Snow goose heads west towards New York.
Snow Goose about to go under one of several bridges as she runs down the East river towards NYC
Navigation gear on the flybridge of Snow Goose as she heads south on the East river alongside Manhattan
One of the smaller fast ferries overtakes Snow Goose as she heads down the east river and NYC.
A small tug crosses ahead of Snow Goose near Rikers Island, NYC.
A Dragon class sailboat heading south on the Hudson river with Manhattan in the background.
Snow Goose passes under the Brooklyn bridge with the NYC skyline in the background.
The moon rises over the Manhattan skyline as seen from Snow Goose docked at the Liberty landing marina.
