Port Jefferson

We arrived yesterday after a awesome day of cruising, a bit chilly going through New York at 6:30 am up on top but I wanted to have the panoramic view for potential Ferry Boat run downs and well the panoramic views. I will say this the amount of security around New York is considerably higher then even what appears in DC. Maybe I've just gotten used to my surrounding there but you on a typical day of cruising around in the harbour you would see at least 3 to 5 different police boats many military type helocoptors, etc, etc, etc..

Long Island Sound is beautiful and the water appears to be much more clean then the Cheseake Bay. I can see why sailors like it up here other then some well charted rocks, it's very deep around here and the wind appears to be very steady.

Well about the Town.. Here's a url for where we are at.. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=port+jefferson,+ny&ie=UTF8&z=13&om=1

The town at one time was a ship building town and still may be but other then a industrial side to it I really don't see any of the large buildings I'm used to seeing that are assosiated with that. It's a very neat little town kind of like St. Michaels but bigger in number shops, docks, and size. There is a ferry boat that comes in every 30 minutes to go to Bridgeport, and thank god for the walls around the marina as we rock just a bit still when they come in. There are also numerous very well kept tug boats here of all sizes.

Well anyway this was going to be a quick stop before heading to the west shore to conneticut. BUT, mother nature got involed and gave us a forecast of 10 to 15 knot winds building to 15 to 20 with gusts of 30 knots. Not that I haven't been in anything like that before but I'm learning that to another port as a transient doesn't always give you great slips. So, we decided to stay here another day, rest, wash the boat of the salt from our outside trip, and walk the town a bit more.

So yes we are heading to Mystic tomorrow and I'm sure my mom will be thrilled to crawl through the small shops around here for a full day of shopping.

JP