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2009 Long Island Sound Cruise Mazza.Pdf Stops on our Cruise of Long Island Sound Primarily August 2009, but some reference to 2008 Trillium IV – C&C Corvette - Rob and Za Mazza Recommended – Embassy Cruising Guide – Long Island Sound to Cape May, NJ 79th Street Boat Basin We tried this mooring last year because we always see the boats moored along here when we drive the Henry Hudson Parkway, and were curious to know what it was like. Because of the scarcity of reasonably priced moorings in the NYC area, a $30 mooring seemed too good to be true. We found out why. The mooring field is a mile long, starting north of 95th street, but only feet wide. It’s a first come, first served, system with only limited moorings available. When we arrived about 7:30 at night, there was a strong outgoing current and the only available moorings were at the northern extreme of the field which we rapidly whizzed by looking for a mooring closer to the marina itself. The only ball available was one that nobody else wanted because the pennants were wrapped around the chain. It was only after hanging over the bow while fighting the current under power were we eventually able to feed a dock line through the mooring ring and make fast. Then we had to wait until the currents slacked enough take the dinghy into the poorly maintained dock office to give our credit card (they no longer accept cash) to the municipal worker behind the desk. However, I must admit, having a mooring within the shadow of Manhattan is pretty impressive, especially at night. But it was a bumpy night with all the commercial traffic going by, and the wakes reflecting off the seawall. 79Th Street Boat Basin looking north to GWB 79Th Street Boat Basin looking South to the marina office Hell Gate As long as you time it at slack water, Hell Gate has not been a problem the six times we have passed through each way. Timing is everything, especially on the return trip when it”s best to go through with the last of the ebb, so you can eventually pick up the flooding tide up the Hudson to the Boat Club. If you catch “the Gate” at slack high water, you end up fighting 2 to 3 knots of current all the way up the river, while watching people on shore walking faster than you are going. Watch out for commercial traffic though, especially the little DEP freighters that dash through at slack water, and all the tugs and barges who line up all along the East River waiting for slack. Monitor channel 13 to listen to their chatter as they discuss the order they will be going through. Passing through “The Gate” Harlem Yacht Club - City Island We have made the Harlem Yacht Club on City Island our first stop after clearing Hell Gate for the last three years, as well as our last stop before our return through Hell Gate on our trip home. There are two other Yacht Clubs on City Island – City Island and Stuyvesant – but neither has ever answered their phone or returned my phone calls when trying to book ahead for a mooring, although they all monitor the same channel - 78. HYC is the furthest north of the three clubs. Our first stop at Harlem was in company with Jim and Lee Luce. We happened to arrive in time for their Italian Night and had a great time. This year we arrived during Latin Night, and last year on our return trip we watched a magnificent thunder storm from the comfort of their bar. A down to earth club who will try to recruit you as a member they have a good bar, a dining room, showers and washrooms, and a nice veranda. However, their guest moorings can be pretty slimy and foul, so we often loop a dock line through their spliced eyes so we don’t have to bring them on board. Launch service runs all night on weekends. NBC has reciprocal privileges with HYC, which means, like all clubs on the Sound with which we have reciprocals, that you have the privilege to take a guest mooring and pay the nightly fee, which at HYC is still only $30. Freddy is the dock master and tipping the launch driver seems to be a HYC tradition, but not honored by everyone. There is a West Marine, grocery stores, and gas station within easy walk of the club, not to mention the City Island Diner for a great breakfast, and the UK sail loft further down the street. Block Ice is available on the dock (pay the dock master or launch driver). Always a great way to start a cruise. Entering the mooring field at Harlem Yacht Club, City Island City Island mooring field Oyster Bay Oyster Bay offers at least two possibilities. During our first cruise in company with Jim and Lee, we took a mooring at the large Oyster Bay Marina. The town is a bit of a hike from the marina, but manageable. The marina has an excellent launch service, gas and diesel fuel, water and ice, as well as a small marine store, and a boat yard and showers. There’s always a large, I mean large, yacht at the front dock. There are two hand activated pump out rafts available one at either end of the mooring field. We couldn’t get the one at the east end of the field to adapt to our deck fitting, and ran into some shallow water on the inshore side of the raft, so now use the west raft instead. It’s a pleasant place to stay at a reasonable price on a well maintained mooring with a good launch service. There is Sagamore Yacht Club next to the marina, but they had no moorings available and weren’t open for dinner when we were there. Seawanhaka Yacht Club is passed on your right as you enter the harbor area, but we decided not to stretch any reciprocal privileges we might have had. Besides, we felt underdressed, and under sized, for that fine establishment. Trillim passing the front dock at Oyster Bay Marina on the way out The other option in Oyster Bay is to proceed past the Marina (and the yacht club) and turn right (north) and head for the eastern side of West Harbor. Here you can drop a hook close to the large homes on shore in good protection from the north and east, as well as the south. This bay can be busy during the day on weekends, but empties out once the sun starts to go down. Our preference is always to anchor rather than picking up a mooring for both cost reasons and to be more on our own, so West Harbor is usually our preference, and we have had some enjoyable days there, even in bad weather. We even witnessed a large water spout that formed in Oyster Bay to the east of us, but fortunately dissipated before it got to us. However, it did make the New York Times the next morning. In the vicinity of Oyster Bay, one place we tried to enter last year was Sand Hole at Lloyd Neck Point. However, we were less than successfull. We tried to enter the very narrow entrance at high water, which you would think would be the safest time, but the stone breakwater that blocks most of the entrance was completely submerged and out of sight. Crunch! Even though we thought we were creeping along, we hit hard. Needless to say, that put us right off, and we opted to head for the relative known of West Harbor at Oyster Bay! You really need to hug the north side of this entrance to Sand Hole, which we will do, if and when we attempt to enter this sheltered anchorage again. Trillium at Anchor in West Harbor Sunset while at anchor in West Harbor Seawanhaka Yacht Club, Oyster Bay Port Jefferson After Oyster Bay, our next stop tends to be Port Jefferson (Port Jeff) also on the Long Island (south) side of Long Island Sound. Port Jeff is an ideal anchorage and the last real option on the South side of the Sound before Plum Gut. Once you enter the well marked channel, you have two immediate anchoring and mooring options, west and east of the entrance. However, a note of caution when entering or leaving Port Jeff. There is an active ferry service between Port Jeff and the North shore with ferries coming and going every hour or so. As one leaves Port Jeff, the other leaves the north shore and they cross paths in mid Sound. So watch out for this large and fast moving ferry traffic coming through the inlet. However, a point of interest about the moorings in Port Jeff, that seems to apply to both the West and East anchoring options. Both anchorage areas seem to be full of empty privately owned mooring balls which are dropped primarily for weekend use. When I asked the Harbor Master about this, specifically with regard to the eastern anchorage at Sand Bay, where there are so many mooring balls that anchoring is in fact difficult, he said that you can pick up any available mooring and use it until the owner comes along and asks you to move, which, during the week is unlikely. However, the west side does offer more anchoring options, but a number of boats who entered after we did, just picked up moorings.
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