Having been for a few walks around Oyster Bay and
with the forecast wind from the South West at 10-15kn I left Port Jefferson on
Tuesday 25th at 7.30am to make best use of tides and currents in
Long Island Sound;
I got the main up and jib out fairly quickly, but soon
refurled the jib with the wind close behind us (blowing SW 15-20 gusting 25) we
still were making 4-6kn with a little help from the engine, so I changed my
destination from Milford (15 miles out) to Duck Island (36 miles out) the swell
was about 2m from the south so was helping if making it a bit bumpy! Duck
Island bay has three large breakwaters to anchor behind with about 3-4m depth
on the chart, however we had one bad moment when it looked as though we had run
out of water, however we found a bit more water and anchored in 2.5m close to the
North breakwater to try to get some shelter, at 3pm and had a welcome cup of
tea.
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| Sunset Duck Island |
Got up at sunrise after a fitful night on anchor
watch, we did move once about 3m, and after listening to the forecast and
sniffing the air decided to go, so raised the anchor at 8.45am into 1-2m swells
which raised periodically to about 3m and SW winds of 15-20 gusting 25 again,
got both sails up and stopped the engine! We were sailing and averaged 5.7knots
for the journey, arriving in West Bay Fishers Island at just before 1pm, with
only one incident when two ferries and a Coast Guard Vessel were converging on
my position but we all managed to find our own bits of water and passed safely.
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| Long Island Sound being boisterous |
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| West Harbour Fishers Island |
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