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psneeld
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My option for big stuff on the butt...and your rhumline.....I would hook inside Montauk rather than shoot an inlet that I was unfamiliar with....
You could always try the USCG for a breaking inlet report when you decide which one suits your fancy....
Based on your rhumbline...Shinnecock looks the best to run from a Google Earth perspective. Short straight in run with no curving outer bar.
Reports of patchy fog (typical this time of year).... watch the canyons as you cross them...Sunday fishermen and the odd comm out there lobstering maybe. Hopefully your AIS can alert you well enough for the shipping approaches.
You could always try the USCG for a breaking inlet report when you decide which one suits your fancy....
Based on your rhumbline...Shinnecock looks the best to run from a Google Earth perspective. Short straight in run with no curving outer bar.
Reports of patchy fog (typical this time of year).... watch the canyons as you cross them...Sunday fishermen and the odd comm out there lobstering maybe. Hopefully your AIS can alert you well enough for the shipping approaches.
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Daddyo
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I was thinking Shinnecock but everything says local knowledge. AIS will drop off once I leave cell range. I'll be losing you soon so see all tomorrow God willing.
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Daddyo
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Had some drama last night. A sailboat travelling with me in the Delaware had a crew member fall and break ribs or maybe her back. USGC once they considered it a possible life threatening event came out from Cape May and pulled her from the boat. The whole thing happened from midnight until 7:00.
beachbum29
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Was it rough or a just a simple accident?
Hate to hear that.
Hate to hear that.
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Daddyo
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They were anchoring in one spot and the USCG told them not to but to anchor in another spot as a lot of tugs use the area they were going to drop the hook. When they moved to the new spot they either bumped the bottom hard or they hit a submerged object like a log or something. She was thrown from the companionway into the galley counter and was injured.
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Post Sandy, I would not chance any inlet on the South Shore of LI.
Continue on or back to New York Harbor seem the best bet.
Only you can make the call what is best.
Take care JohnP
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Daddyo
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Thanks, I'm really hopeful I won't need a plan "B". Forecast looks good until tomorrow night. If that holds true I will be up past LI where I would have plenty of choices if needed.
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My compliments on your brass ones.
So, catnaps on autopilot? Chew coffee beans? Meth addict? What's your strategy for battling fatigue, boredom, and inattention?
Probably an obvious answer, but my longest is 15 hours, so very curious.
beachbum29
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After about 18 hrs you become a punchy b*tch...
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Daddyo
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Good Morning All!
Well I'm 37 hours into this leg and all is well. No special tricks. I read, eat, write and absorb the incredible beauty, take 20 or 30 minute naps with a timer. Often large (8') gentle rollers yesterday and smaller but rollers still today. Hopefully I'll make it to the Cape Cod Canal before dark and before it gets too snotty. Crossing the shipping channel, in the middle of the night, that runs into NY was interesting. Visibility was very low for the northern channel and I couldn't see a freighter until I was quite close.
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Daddyo
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No need for fuel, seas are great. Nice rollers as the wind hasn't freshened as it should this afternoon
No life jacket on deck as my rails and gunnels are very high and substantial.
angus99
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It can be a scary place. We were taking a J-110 from Annapolis to Providence and ducked in at Sandy Hook around midnight. Pea-soup and no radar. You could hear the bow waves and the engines of the passing ships, but we never saw a single light. I pretty much stayed on the radio confirming our heading to the pilots who were watching us on radar and advising us to hold course.
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It was approaching the verranzano narrows that I found having AIS on my cell phone via Marinetraffic.com was really helpful. Yes, I understandi it's limitations, but it was avery foggy day and I was able to plan my route accross the shipping lanes 2 hours before the freighters showed up on my radar.
beachbum29
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Get in yet?
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Daddyo
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Indeed. My options had run out. I couldn't make the canal before dark and because of pots I couldn't run the channel leading to the canal in the dark. So I guess after 46 hrs straight I might get some sleep. I think I might have picked up a pot coming into here, I'll know tomorrow
Weather looks a bit snotty for this last bit.
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Best part is that i see the weather passed you during the night and you are now running just behind it. As the day progresses, it will get better and better.
I'll have to look you up when we are in Maine this summer.
I'll have to look you up when we are in Maine this summer.
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