by Claudia and Jim | Sep 6, 2022 | Sailing
Port Jefferson to City Island (the Bronx) (38 NM). Another 6:00 AM early start for Jim (while I slept in :-), hoping to arrive before stoms arrives. The trip was mostly uneventful. We passed by Execution Rock (as seen in photo), a rock pile in the middle of LI sound...
by Claudia and Jim | Sep 5, 2022 | Sailing
New London to Port Jefferson NY (52 NM). We weigh anchor at dawn getting ready for a long 50+ nautical mile day. Claudia stayed in bed while I started the engine; she likes to sleep in and take the second shift. We headed down Thames river towards Long Island sound. A...
by Claudia and Jim | Sep 3, 2022 | Sailing
Newport RI to New London (38 NM). We moored right next to the famous US Coast Guard tall ship Eagle, the only active duty tall ship in the American sea-going services. She was built in 1936, has 6 miles of rigging and 290 ft long (roughly equivalent to a football...
by Claudia and Jim | Aug 15, 2021 | Sailing
Our 2021 Summer vacation took us to CT and the Fork of Long Island called Shelter Island. Before heading to NY, our go-to place in CT on Fisher Island sound is the very best Ford’s Lobster, the best seafood in CT with secret moorings; Ford’s Lobsters was...
