For the last two days we've been anchored near the north end of City
Island, literally within a few hundred yards of where I purchased my
first real sailboat in the fall of 1971. City Island is an
interesting place. It is within the far north eastern limits of New
York City but has an ambience more reminiscent of New England. At one
time it was a major boat building center. As recently as the late
1970s it was possible to drive down the main street and observe large
sailing yachts under construction. There are also a large number of
sea food restaurants, some of which come and go, and some that have
been around for a lifetime. A restaurant called the Lobster Box has
been here just about forever and their menu offers lobster served in
23 different ways. Plan to arrive early on Friday and Saturday nights.
A lot of the old shipyards have been replaced by condo developments
but there are still large marinas and yacht clubs on both sides of the
island. Literally hundreds of boats are moored nearby and there is a
lot of water activity, even on week days.
Where we are anchored is particularly scenic, literally surrounded by
little rocky out croppings, tree covered islands and fine homes on the
distant hazy shoreline of Westchester County. It would be easy to
spend an entire summer in this one place but we'll be moving farther
east soon. Long Island Sound beckons with fine harbors on both the NY
and Connecticut shores. We spent many years living near the Sound in
the New Rochelle and Larchmont areas, both beautiful shore side
communities. Our boats were moored a few miles east in Stamford, CT
which is a major center of sail boat racing in Western LIS. It was a
good place to spend our working and child raising years offering easy
access to the water, good schools and a relatively easy commute into
New York City.
Moving east beyond Long Island Sound are other major boating venues:
Newport, Rhode Island; Block Island; Marthas Vineyard; Nantucket; Cape
Cod; Buzzards Bay; the Elizabeth Islands and more. Much more, too
much to discuss today but I'll post some updates from time to time as
we move east over the summer.
Anyone interested in following along can see our current location and
where we've been recently:
>For about 3 or 4 months of the year some of the finest cruising and
>boating to be found anywhere is in the north eastern United States:
>Southern New York state; parts of the New Jersey shore; Connecticut;
>Rhode Island; Massachusetts and Maine. We've brought the trawler
>north from Florida for the summer with the plan of revisiting some of
>our old favorite places here and perhaps finding some new ones.
yep you bet. have my boat at long beach island...great place
>
>
>Where we are anchored is particularly scenic, literally surrounded by
>little rocky out croppings, tree covered islands and fine homes on the
>distant hazy shoreline of Westchester County. It would be easy to
>spend an entire summer in this one place but we'll be moving farther
>east soon. Long Island Sound beckons with fine harbors on both the NY
>and Connecticut shores. We spent many years living near the Sound in
>the New Rochelle and Larchmont areas, both beautiful shore side
>communities. Our boats were moored a few miles east in Stamford, CT
>which is a major center of sail boat racing in Western LIS. It was a
>good place to spend our working and child raising years offering easy
>access to the water, good schools and a relatively easy commute into
>New York City.
have to try this sometime...sounds nice
>
>Moving east beyond Long Island Sound are other major boating venues:
>Newport, Rhode Island; Block Island; Marthas Vineyard; Nantucket; Cape
>Cod; Buzzards Bay; the Elizabeth Islands and more. Much more, too
>much to discuss today but I'll post some updates from time to time as
>we move east over the summer.
>
>Anyone interested in following along can see our current location and
>where we've been recently:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/waynebspottrack
did a sailboat transport once from baltimore to block island. best
vacation of my life
>Our boats were moored a few miles east in Stamford, CT
>>which is a major center of sail boat racing in Western LIS. It was a
>>good place to spend our working and child raising years offering easy
>>access to the water, good schools and a relatively easy commute into
>>New York City.
>
>have to try this sometime...sounds nice
It is nice.
I get to do a little ham radio activity on the boat also. Conditions
are on the upswing. Had a brief chat with a station in Yokohama,
Japan two days ago on 17 meters. He was loud and clear, just like
next door, not bad for 150 watts and a 23 ft vertical whip antenna.
We also try to check into the Maritime Mobile Service Net on 14300 KHz
once a day. They're a great bunch of guys and provide a real service
to cruisers.
i was, for many years, a net controller for the MMSN...actually
coordinated a few high seas rescues. they're a good group pf folks
Yawn..... Who gives a schitt, mook? More people will be interested in me
telling lies from my basement than your slow trip in the north east.
Thought you might call in to Annapolis on the way? Apart from the
heat, it's been nice out on the water the past few days.
We had originally planned a stop in Annaplolis but about half way up
the bay my wife decided that she really wanted to be in NY, so that of
course is what we did.
As you do.
We're off to have a look at a boat today. Looks to be very
promising. Will let you know if it progresses to purchase.
Yeah Wayne, that tracker is pretty cool.. I was just looking at maps of
NYC a year or so back wondering if you could cut right through. I
thought I heard years ago (probably around 9/11, that the routes through
were closed.
Are there any locks or gates to go through as you enter LIS?
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Team Rowdy Mouse, Banned from the Mall for life!
He probably wanted to keep all the fun to himself;)... Somehow you can
remove yourself from all that when you are in a boat from my limited
experience.
Cool... It's been a lifelong dream to make a trip down the CT River and
down to the city. Unfortunately right now I only have a 16 foot work
skiff so it may be a while before I ever make that trip;)
Say what?
Thought you were using that Brockway Skiff as a lawn planter or
ornament.
Take your condescending bullshit over to Harry's group, asshole.
Thought you were awash with wonderful, on topic, no hate, boating posts,
"OVER THERE". How do you manage to find time to deposit your droppings
here?
>> Thought you were using that Brockway Skiff as a lawn planter or
>> ornament.
>
>Take your condescending bullshit over to Harry's group, asshole.
And don't let the door hit your backside on the way out.
A 16 footer is a tad on the small side for going through NY Harbor but
it has probably been done at one time or another. I have done it a
few times on 24s and 28s with no problem. It is a trip that everyone
should take once, even if only on the Circle Line. Coming back in to
NYC from the ocean side is an awe inspiring experience no matter how
many times you have done it. On a clear day you can start to see the
Manhattan skyline from down around Manasquan Inlet on the Jersey
shore. As you get closer more and more details emerge, and eventually
you see the old amusement parks on Coney Island, Atlantic Highlands,
the clothing optional beach on Sandy Hook, the Verrazano suspension
bridge between Brooklyn and Staten Island, and finally, the Statue of
Liberty. Seeing the Statue of Liberty always gives me a little extra
energy boost and you know that you've really arrived.
We always stay close to the Brooklyn shore and take Buttermilk Channel
on the east side of Governor's Island. From there it's into the East
River, past South Street Seaport, under the Brooklyn Bridge and on up
to the Manhattan and Williamsburg Bridges. All of the East River
bridges are high enough to accomodate cruise ships and freigters,
somewhere around 130 ft vertical clearance, One of my old offices on
the foot of Wall Street had a good view of the Brooklyn Bridge and
I've watched many large freighters pass under with what seemed like
only inches to spare although I'm sure it was considerably more.
Every once in awhile a small plane would fly under the bridge just to
show off.
>Nice comments. But you forgot to mention the beautiful vista of Co-op
>City and the huge landfill in front of it and the ever noisy police
>firing range close by and Boom Box City aka Johnny's Reef at the end of
>the island.
We were anchored far enough north from Johnny's Reef that it didn't
bother us. The NYPD firing range at Rodman's Neck is very much a
part of the City Island experience however, as are the low flying jets
on final approach to Laguardia Airport. The firing range would start
to warm up in late afternoon and sounded like strings of Chinese
firecrackers going off in the distance. On some days very late in the
afternoon, they would practice with automatic weapons and you'd hear
entire clips of ammo going off within a few seconds.
>Getting to the
>city from City Island is by comparison a hassle.
Yes, it is an epic multi media adventure involving busses and subways
through some of the less desirable parts of the city. We discovered
that the hard way back in the 70s when we were becalmed one afternoon
in our old Soling with no auxillary power. Eventually the wind filled
in enough to get us back but by then the marina had closed down for
the night and our car was locked inside. Not wanting to spend the
night either in the car or the Soling (small, open cockpit sailboat
with no cabin), we set about getting back into Manhattan the hard way.
Yeah sure Don, that's what you thought... <snerk> What a simp...
That's what you led us to believe a while back.
Were you lying then... or now?
And Don lies in the same post he fucked up. Go back to Harry's group
with your lies and insults.
Well, the elites from harrys little group won't let a boat post go
unattacked here, they are proving themselves yet again...
forget them, back to boating in the north east... Wayne's monitoring
program is pretty cool. I will have to attack him when I see his boat in
the CT River;)
"I_am_Tosk" <justwaitaf...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.285d427a8...@news.eternal-september.org...
>
> forget them, back to boating in the north east... Wayne's monitoring
> program is pretty cool. I will have to attack him when I see his boat in
> the CT River;)
>
>
> --
> Team Rowdy Mouse, Banned from the Mall for life!
SPOT trackers are really cool for keeping family and friends updated as to
your travels. Not really a PLB, in that it doesn't call the emergency
system, and has some severe limitations WRT the ability to be used in a
marine emergency situation (antenna position, waterproof, etc.), but a neat
tool
To get tracking shown on a web page, you have to subscribe at ~150/year, but
if you're on a passage, it does allow folks to see where you are, the
progress you're making, and so on. Clicking the hybrid tab in the top right
of the screen gives you satellite views overlaid on a map view, too, so if
you're coastwise or islandwise, folks can see what you're going around if
there are nasty bits you needed to avoid, mostly of interest to marine-type
geeks/interested parties.
We use it on all our water-borne movements, and used to use it on land so
that those who were wondering how we were doing WRT getting to them could
see our progress, as well. The unit takes a GPS reading every 10 minutes or
so, and uploads them to SPOT's satellite(s?) whenever one goes over, so you
may not be able to see "real time" updates - but for the large view, it's
fine.
Highly recommended from this quarter :{))
L8R
Skip, currently ashore wrestling with a real estate loan disaster before
returning to the boat where we'll complete our refit and get under way
again, with hopes that our self-insured vessel isn't involved in a hurricane
where we now are, an unsafe yard for such conditions, before such event...
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>>Stamp out Sesquipedalianism<<
Speaking of which, Wayne, please repost the URL, I lost it, thanks!
>> forget them, back to boating in the north east... Wayne's monitoring
>> program is pretty cool. I will have to attack him when I see his boat in
>> the CT River;)
>
>Speaking of which, Wayne, please repost the URL, I lost it, thanks!
===
http://www.tinyurl.com/waynebspottrack
Currently moored in Larchmont Harbor, about 20 miles northeast of NYC.
You're just upset because we don't let pigs like you in the front door.
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Want to discuss recreational boating and fishing in a forum where
personal insults are not allowed?
I seek tosk and his gang of uneducated, racist white trash has taken
over rec.boats cruising, too.
Boy, you are really trolling me today. What's the matter? Ever since I
told those guys what you said you have been pretty careful... Gonna'
start up again?
Yep, we all know harryk is a stalker, amongst other nefarious things too.
--
Government isn't the solution to the bad economy, it is the problem.
No, the fact is most of us don't want to swim in the pig poop.
Rather surprising that a bloke who is touting for a monitored forum is
so frequently seen on the open net.
Cheers,
Bruce
Is Harry Krause still trying to get folks to sign up for his information
mining site. I trust everyone here has seen what Krause and his friend
Don do with personal info, right???
Just fuck him, he is a troll just like Harry and his sock puppets...
He is trying to piss me off again so he can call the cops. <snerk>. What
he doesn't admit is next time, they probably won't listen to him. After
the way he acted after the last call, they pretty much have his number;)
Haven't commited any criminal acts... unlike you, Runt.
Some would say the way you keep your yard is criminal.
Besides, he knows I didn't break any laws, he is just crying again
because he called me sloppy then I showed pictures of his house;)
What an eyesore. That property is a reflection of his lifestyle. You'd
think he'd clean it up. Some people just don't care about anything.
We're upset because you won't stay there.
Go back to Harry's place and call names.
Reply:
Actually since you are in Canada, lots of your postings would fall under
there unlawful hate speech laws. Would be better stated you have not been
convicted of criminal acts yet.
>Steve Colegate's Offfshore Sailing School used to be located on City
>Island but they moved to New Jersey under the Colgate clock. They now use
>a boat designed as the Colgate something but originally used Solings. This
>is akin to learning to drive in a Ferrari. Sent my wife there second year
>we had our boat. First week in April, it was. Brutal. Great for learing.
>The most important fact she learned was that her husband sometimes knows
>what he is talking about.
Yes, we are somewhat familiar with the history of Offshore Sailing
School. In August 1971 we took our first real vacation together and
went to the OSS at Edgartown, Marthas Vineyard where they were
teaching in Solings. At that time Steve and Doris were operating out
of Manhattan and we were living on West 85th just off Riverside Drive.
We used to see them at the New York Boat Show and they advertised
heavily in the sailing magazines.
About a month after getting back from the Vineyard we took a ride out
to City Island one weekend for no particular reason other than it
looked interesting on the map. Along the way we ran across an
operation on the north end of CI run by a fellow named Bob Taylor.
Bob had suposedly been partners with Steve in the early days of OSS,
or so the story goes. At any rate they had parted ways and Bob
renamed his operation on City Island to Offshore Yacht Club or some
such. He had a brand new Abbott Soling sitting on a trailer in the
driveway so we stopped in to take a look having enjoyed sailing them
at the Vineyard. One thing led to another and Taylor ended up
offering to sell us the Soling for $100 over factory invoice and let
us have the use of a mooring for the rest of the season.
The Colgates now live in Ft Myers, Florida not too far from us and
have their headquarters there. One of our fellow club members in Ft
Myers works for them as a part time instructor at their Ft Myers Beach
school.
Exactly, why do you think he has never really called anybody. All harry
did was start an investigation of his own activity by his local cops...
Don doesn't want to make the same mistake, especially in that nanny
state he lives in.
Did you mean 'their' ??
I stand by my comments... I've seen the Connecticut laws on internet
stalking/harassing.
It's the Connecticut laws that you so willfully ignore. If you were
up here, I'm sure you'd be introduced to a steep concrete stairwell by
now.... and deservedly so.
So call the fucking cops pussy. You know it's the only way option you
have to do anything to me you fat sloppy piece of shit... You fucking
cry waaaay too much. If you hadn't made the hypocritical move of calling
me a pig, with those pics of your house right there in google, you
wouldn't be in this fucking mess in the first place....
If I was up there, you wouldn't be talking so fucking much...
I'll bet you $500.00 I would!
Trying to blame others for your criminal acts??
"Yes judge...the Devil made me do it." ~~ Snerk ~~
You are a funny little man!
Waaaaaahhhhhhhh!! What a fucking baby... The thread is about boating,
why don't you just step down?
Okay, show us just how he broke any law. Or crawl your slimy ass back to
Harry's great new group.
He won't. He's a coward.
You are too much of a coward to call the cops and you know it.
Sure didn't take Don long to prove yet again what a coward he is....
]
Ingersoll, obviously, is Wayne's kinda guy *and* a pig. Oink.
Take that insulting shit back you your new fantastic group, asshole.
>Currently moored in Larchmont Harbor . . . ,
Just curious: are you the catamaran not usually there that's been
moored near the end of breakwater? and if so, why there compared with
other more sheltered while also closer to shore places near by?
Tosk is a close associate and good friend of Wayne.
And once again, the moron known as Tosk goes into veiled threat mode.
Take your insulting bullshit over to your new fantastic group, asshat.
Boo!!!! You fucking coward.
No, Grand Banks 49 on a LYC mooring. Both sons are members here.
He seems to be getting really pissed I am ignoring him.
Why does Harry have such a hard on for you guys?
He is a very sick individual... The more we ignore him, the louder he
gets. He will get more and more vulgar until he gets somebody talking to
him. The last few times we all ignored him, he went into a frenzy of
over 100 posts in a 24 hour period then crossposted to several really
sick groups to bring a bunch of nasty crap here. The time after that he
made up a new sock puppet he called Paul, and tried to get everyone to
be nice to Harry, it soon fell apart and we all figured it out... We are
pretty sure plum is another one of his spoofed id's...
IOW he's a real turd blossom. We get it. Let's leave him alone and see
what happens.
~~ Snerk ~~
You couldn't 'figure out' how to flush the toilet without Terri
guiding you.
Scotty Ingersoll, rec.boats' leading paranoid and delusional, and banned
from the mall, as he claims, for shoplifting.
I warn you, he goes fucking nuts when ignored...
You really have to wonder about the IQ of anyone who takes Ingersoll's
crazy claims seriously. He just makes up some really crazy shit and then
repeats it a zillion times in order to find believers.
We know who's credible and who's not. You were judged long ago and there
is no redemption. So why keep trying? Answer: You're a blathering idiot,
liar and boor.
Because we catch him in his lies and won't put up with his childish
insults and name calling.
Take that insulting bullshit over to Harry's new fantastic group.
Please show where Scotty said he was banned from the mall for
shoplifting, you lying piece of shit.
Take your insulting and name calling over to your new fantastic group,
asshat.
That is what harry does. It's why he has the new group to dig into
personal info he can twist and lie about later.. Fun, right?? ;)