Friday, September 26, 2014

CT through Long Island Sound - Sept 23 - 25

North Cove in Old Saybrook is a port of refuge with multiple moorings (yellow tags) available at no charge for 72 hours. Snug, beautiful and fish for dinner.

Manhasset Bay also has at least a dozen moorings all along the channel heading in on the #6 red nun near the Manhasset Yacht Club. Pubic docks and easy shopping for food, hardware and a West Marine. Moored along side the Selkie, a home built aluminum boat by a family from Ireland. We first saw the boat weeks ago moored off Pemberton Pier in Hull. They are south bound, then across to the Azores and home to Ireland.

This week happens to be the UN General Assembly so there has been closures and restricted security zones in the East River. We've been told we can transit the East Channel so off we go this morning.

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Sunday, September 21, 2014

We are off! - Sept 21 - 22

With friends waving from shore, we are off at 7:30 on the first leg of our journey south to Florida and beyond. First stop Bassett's Island to meet up with the Maitlands to deliver Diane's zucchini bread.