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Monday, September 10, 2007

Poughkeepsie Yacht Club - Home After 10 Weeks!

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Our goal of getting our topping lift repaired was not to be fulfilled. Despite having two weeks' warning, Samalot Marine only acted on t...
Sunday, September 9, 2007

Haverstraw, NY - At Anchor off Croton Point

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The current didn't turn in our favor until 9:15 (sailboats have to worry about such things) so we left around 8:00 towards Hell Gate and...
Saturday, September 8, 2007

Manhasset Bay - Another Great Sail Day

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We weighed anchor around 10:00 from Northport and found a good 10 kt wind out of the south which was perfect for a sail to Manhasset . In f...
Friday, September 7, 2007

Oyster Bay - Another 5 hour sail

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The morning dawned with a blue sky and warm weather. I went forward to raise the anchor as Ann tended the wheel. As usual there was a lot of...
Thursday, September 6, 2007

Northport at Anchor

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I looked at the GPS this morning at Port Jefferson and we had circumnavigated our anchor! The plot of the GPS was a neat circle with the anc...
Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Port Jefferson - We Reprovision

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The weather has been just great: warm, sunny and no rain. So today we just took it easy, did some teak and after lunch headed into town to r...
Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Port Jefferson - At Anchor (to starboard as you come in)

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It started out as a great sail with winds 15 to 17 kts behind us, pushing us to Port Jefferson. However, about 1/2 way there, the winds died...