Beautiful Oyster Bay, NY
We decided to move on from Port Jefferson on Friday morning and left bound for Oyster Bay. As soon as we reached the mouth of the harbor we knew we were in for yet another rough ride. 18 to 20 knot winds and 5 ft trailing seas - again. We hung on and reached Oyster Bay around 3 p.m. We pulled up to the fuel dock and filled our tanks and then took a mooring. April has befriended everybody on the docks. We decided to call a diver and get our prop checked. We have been concerned since Onset MA that we might have picked something up. The USBoat diver pulled up and aboard was a 13 year old black GSP, Jessie. The good news is the prop was fine. April again met Jessie on the docks and they were immediate friends, off to find some good old rotten fish together in the marsh. Oyster Bay is just beautiful - sailboats everywhere. It is the training center for the US Sailing Team. There are also oyster boats everywhere. The harbor is alive with oyster fisherman, and they are held in high esteem for their trade. We took the launch in for showers and toured downtown today, Saturday, September 28th. We had lunch in an outdoor café. April has acquired a liking to dockside dining. We found the laundry and market for tomorrow and picked up some propane tanks and stopped at the liquor store and ship's store on our walk back to the dock. We stay here another day and then move on to the next harbor to await the tide for Tuesday's ride through Hell's Gate, New York City, and on to Atlantic Heights, New Jersey. I hope the weather stays with us.
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