Finally – we cruised today, on a Northwest 20
knot wind at an average speed of 5 knots (a little more than 5 mph), for 6
hours, to a tiny gorgeous harbor on Long Island (not New York!). The waves were about 3 feet – enough to make
it an exciting ride without any stress.
We arrived at about 3:30 pm through the
most narrow entry we’ve ever tried – with rocks on both sides! But the fellow
we met who told us about this bay, called Joe’s Sound, said it would be
negotiable, with care. And careful we were.
We edged our way through with no problem,
anchored, and were putting away our lines when a sailor approached us in his
dinghy, and introduced himself as “Pat – the “mayor” of Joe’s sound”! Pat spends
his Winters here on his houseboat and 37-foot sailboat, and then returns to his
home in New York where he charters a 70 foot cruising sailboat in the Summers.
He had a fishing trap in his dinghy, and had
just caught a beautiful Grouper fish that he offered to us for dinner. Jeff
went with him to the nearby beach, and got a fish-cleaning lesson, before he
returned to our boat with the now filleted catch. This could be the freshest
fish we’ve ever eaten! Pat was busy tonight – but we’ll invite him over for
dinner tomorrow night – another new friend in the Bahamas J.
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