Tuesday, May 30th Patchogue to Sag Harbor

Tuesday, May 30th.
We left Patchogue at 7:30 am.  It was cold (54 degrees), cloudy, light winds and no rain  making navigation easier.  With my hot cup of coffee in my hands, I took over the helm, while Rick coiled and stowed the lines – that made me so happy!
By 7:50, we motored by some clammers, the type of fishing that Rick did to earn money during school-summer-vacations.  



After the Smith Point Bridge, which seemed to open just for us, just as approached it at 8:38, 


navigation became much trickier.  We had to travel carefully through shallow waters, and narrow canals marked with red and green buoys.  We ended up running a ground for a while off Tuthill Point, near the Moriches Inlet.  We waited for the tide to come in, and Rick skillfully got us lose.  We got out into the Atlantic Ocean, that had light fog, but followed a commercial fishing boat into the Shinnecock Inlet by 1:30.
Just in time for lunch, we had another Coast Guard visit, but they never boarded, as we showed them our yellow sheet from the first boarding.   I really hope this doesn’t continue to happen often! --- these guys were not as cute, nor as pleasant as the first guys.
We then traveled under the Shinnecock (railroad) bridge, and into the first Lock of the voyage.  Sorry, no pictures of that either, as I was too busy with the lines.  But all went well, and we pulled into Sag Harbor right on schedule!


 How do you like our fellow boater?  We’re in a pretty fancy neighborhood, don’t you think?   And this marina has showers AND internet!!!!
We met another one of Rick’s buddies & wife, for a Japanese dinner, and the evening was full of fun and crazy memories.



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