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Long Island Boating World

Exit Two of the LI Sound

Captains and families on the Long Island Sound do not have to go far for a fun weekend on their boat. Long Island’s North Shore has six “exits” off the Long Island Sound that are worth a visit. These include three bays, two harbors and…

Swept Away in the Lower Bay

In 1648, Peter Stuyvesant, the Dutch Director General of what would become the city of New York, ordered construction of the Manhattan’s first wharf; it was built on the East River. Entry into the harbor was tortuous, with its many bends and shallows. A fully…

Got Boost?

No, I’m not talking about a dead battery, nor am I asking for a sip of your energy drink. I am talking about the boost pressure from the turbocharger that supplies the large amount of air engines need to make serious horsepower from a smaller…

Seagull Savvy

Seagull, seagull, sit on the sand; It’s never good weather when you’re on the land.-Old mariner’s weather proverbOspreys, egrets, herons, pelicans, cormorants, ducks and many other sorts of waterfowl wing about our coast, but there is no more common and dominant bird around the littoral…

Seamanship – Talking on Cell Phones – Part II

Last month, we talked about cell phones aboard boats and the issues thereto. But they are fantastic devices – and therein lay another issue. As the functionality of cell phones starts to rival computers (did I say “rival” – I should have said “outpaces!”), we…

On Living Aboard

Rain was falling when we got up Tuesday morning. Tomorrow would be one week since we dropped anchor about two miles inside Hamburg Cove and the fourth week since we left the yard. My wife, the Blonde did a few ‘work from home’ things and…