IRENE – Post 2August 27, 2011 – 163042°22.20 N 73°47.82 WSchodack Creek1615 – After 10 hours of cruising, anchorage to anchorage, and 111 NM up the Hudson, we found a quiet and secure anchorage behind Schodack Island (No, you French guys, …
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IRENE 1
August 27, 2011IRENE – Time of impact minus 14 hoursHudson River41°21 N All seemed so normal last night in Manhattan and New York harbor. A splendid night, in fact, balmy and calm… the proverbial calm before the storm. On land and on t…
Cuttyhunk Island
August 18, 2011 Cuttyhunk Island41°25.71N – 070°55WHad we stayed one more day at Vineyard Haven we could have bumped into President Obama shopping at the legendary Bunch of Grapes bookstore. Instead, we hightailed it out of Martha’s Vine…
Martha’s Vineyard
Maddie in Vineyard Haven
August 16, 2011Vineyard Haven41°27.70N – 070 °5.16WOf all the destinations on the Eastern Seaboard, the one I was most looking forward to was Martha’s Vineyard. I don’t know why. The name, perhaps (Martha …
Nantucket
August 14, 2011Nantucket41°17.40N – 070°05WYears ago, when I tried to imagine Nantucket, I had visions of the Gorton’s Fisherman having traded his yellow oilslick and trawler shipwheel for a navy peacoat and classic sailboat tiller. I w…
Block Island
August 13, 2011Block Island41°11.52N – 071°34.89WBLOCK ISLAND! What Coastal Navigation student does not know “Block Island?” For months we studied navigation with the charts of Buzzard Bay and Block Island, calculating curren…
Montauk
August 11, 2011Lake Montauk41°03.71N – 071°55.79WAt the eastern end of the Long Island Peninsula sits Montauk. Geographically, its location is unique. No longer part of the Long Island Sound and already part of Block Island Sound, Monta…
Port Jefferson
Port Jefferson mansion
Mao navigates
PORT JEFFERSONAugust 11, 201140°57.48N – 073°WIf you are to believe the cruising guides, every destination is wonderful. So, when we read that Port Jefferson was THE tourist destination on Long Island, w…
Oyster Bay, NY
August 9, 2011Oyster Bay, NYLong Island Sound4Why do you think this is called Oyster Bay? Really? Well, yes, oysters do abound here and for the last 3 days we’ve been harvesting them right off the beach. Quite a feast for us, not …
East River
August 1, 2011Port Washington, NYIf I were an airplane pilot on approach to a city, I’d appreciate the town’s urbanization patterns, the light strips by night, the high-rise buildings by day, the snarling freeway traffic, and the outstretched arm…
