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Branford Yacht ClubWeather seems to be biggest factory in determining where and when we move this year. We had planned on visiting a few more places on Long Island before we moved across the sound to Connecticut, but we could see today would be the bes…

The Cove – AnchorageI like to blog every day while we’re cruising. That way we have a record of where we’ve been and what we’ve done. But what do you blog about when you spend the third day in the last week sitting on the boat in the rain? It might not…

The Cove – AnchorageWe had another picture perfect day. We took the dinghy into town and had a great breakfast at Ayhen’s Mediterranean Café. They serve all types of omelets and fresh baked items. Their little café area has window th…

Port Washington Mooring FieldWe woke up to a beautiful morning, Andrea moved through last night and we only had a few clouds left this morning. We needed to provision and wanted to look around town, so we lowered the dinghy. Our outboard h…

Port Washington Mooring FieldWe spent the day waiting for tropical storm Andrea to move across the regional. The rain and winds increased all day. We were glad we had a good place to ride out the storm. We enjoyed just relaxing, reading, w…

Port Washington Mooring FieldOur beautiful weather we had yesterday quickly turned to cloudy cool weather today. A front was coming in from the west and Tropical Storm Andrea is moving up from Florida. I think we’re going to have a few r…

Liberty Landing MarinaWe moved the boat to Liberty Landing Marina first thing this morning, so we could take our bikes on the ferry into the city. The ferry took use from the marina to the ferry terminal in the financial district in lower …

Liberty Park – AnchorageFirst thing this morning we pulled the anchor and made our way up the Point Pleasant Cut into the Manasquin River. Our plan was to anchor and wait for the wind to calm down a little, but it seemed hard to waste the day like that…

Metedeconk River – AnchorageToday we woke up to cloudy, drizzly weather…a cold front is suppose to move through tonight. That’s why we’ve had such windy weather lately. We’re hoping the winds will subside enough on Tuesday afternoon for us to make th…

Cocktail Cove – AnchorageLast night was long, windy and loud. The wind blew all night long, and the only anchorage in the area gave us little protection from it. We were so tired from the stressful trip up the ICW that the sounds of the howling wind, t…