Captain’s log 10-05-06
Departure Point / Start Time Breakwater at Clinton CT (N41 18.93’, W71 58.45’) 11 AM
Arrival Point / End Time Port Jefferson, NY() 7PM
Distance Traveled / Engine 32 NM 5.5 h
Today we had a great leg and a great day. Used the winds wisely to get us south fast on broad reach. Still had the main reefed as it was blowing 20+ kts. Genoa was changing from rolled partly to fully open. We tried to maintain 5+ kts but that varied as we hit mid LI sound current of about .5-1kt against us. Just pass the mid point we caught a 35” blue fish. It was a great feeling to finally catch something. This will be food for days to come. After 2PM we had to motor-sail and to our liking autopilot managed to cope with small 3-4 foot swell very well. It worked out well, as Crystal and I lounged on the foredeck catching some rays. Port Jeff seems like a great harbor protected from all sides. High cliffs protected us well from the NE and N winds, which were blowing in the 30s during the next day or two.
The next day we found starbucks with coffee that sucked and Internet that was too expensive. We used it to pay CC bills and that was it. This town charges 6$ each time you want to park the dinghy. What a rip-off. Not even Newport is like that. I can’t wait to get to friendly south. Even the town ramp charged people 55$ to launch the boat from the trailer. I tried parking there but the parking lot attendant pointed out to a slippery stairs of a fixed piling pier and said I have to park there and only for 10 minutes. The tides are 6+ feet and I had to leave plenty of line. Maki came a bit later on and we went grocery shopping. Spent time that afternoon catching up with news and watching a movie. The flat panel worked out really nice. Thank god we have a heater. It got pretty cold that night. Blue fish was great. It was a second night grilling it and it was still great. Maki left us about half-year supply of movies on DVDs. Awesome!! Next day I dropped him off and got gas. The parking lot attendant was giving me crap again but we managed to get allowance for 30 minutes to go to the gas station and get coffee and dounuts.
Arrival Point / End Time Port Jefferson, NY() 7PM
Distance Traveled / Engine 32 NM 5.5 h
Today we had a great leg and a great day. Used the winds wisely to get us south fast on broad reach. Still had the main reefed as it was blowing 20+ kts. Genoa was changing from rolled partly to fully open. We tried to maintain 5+ kts but that varied as we hit mid LI sound current of about .5-1kt against us. Just pass the mid point we caught a 35” blue fish. It was a great feeling to finally catch something. This will be food for days to come. After 2PM we had to motor-sail and to our liking autopilot managed to cope with small 3-4 foot swell very well. It worked out well, as Crystal and I lounged on the foredeck catching some rays. Port Jeff seems like a great harbor protected from all sides. High cliffs protected us well from the NE and N winds, which were blowing in the 30s during the next day or two.
The next day we found starbucks with coffee that sucked and Internet that was too expensive. We used it to pay CC bills and that was it. This town charges 6$ each time you want to park the dinghy. What a rip-off. Not even Newport is like that. I can’t wait to get to friendly south. Even the town ramp charged people 55$ to launch the boat from the trailer. I tried parking there but the parking lot attendant pointed out to a slippery stairs of a fixed piling pier and said I have to park there and only for 10 minutes. The tides are 6+ feet and I had to leave plenty of line. Maki came a bit later on and we went grocery shopping. Spent time that afternoon catching up with news and watching a movie. The flat panel worked out really nice. Thank god we have a heater. It got pretty cold that night. Blue fish was great. It was a second night grilling it and it was still great. Maki left us about half-year supply of movies on DVDs. Awesome!! Next day I dropped him off and got gas. The parking lot attendant was giving me crap again but we managed to get allowance for 30 minutes to go to the gas station and get coffee and dounuts.
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