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Essex to Milford

Looking at our itinerary, we opted to skip Clinton and head straight for Milford where we planned to stop 2 nights. The wind wasn’t strong enough to sail so we made a beeline for Milford on the engine leaving at 5:20am and arriving at 1:35pm.

We chose a slip at a marina closest to town. […]

Mystic to Essex

This was our first day with Helen aboard. Our goal was Essex on the Connecticut River. We started by having breakfast in a local diner. I had the best ever omelet.

Leaving the seaport we had to wait at both bridges so our journey was initially quite slow. Heading out of the Mystic River Helen […]

Montauk to Mystic

Our goal for today was to reach Mystic Seaport to meet up with Helen. This was a straight hop across the sound with a turn around Fisher Island to Mystic River. Not forgetting my errors with the currents of the previous day I double checked the plan for today. In the end we had terrific […]

Shinnecock Bay to Montauk

We had a big trip ahead of us this day. It was now Saturday. Helen was due in Connecticut midday Sunday so we had to make progress. Our goal for this day was Montauk which was round the end of Long Island and on the north side. We also had to plan around the 2 […]

Brookhaven to Shinnecock Bay

Our goal for this day was to reach Shinnecock Bay, a distance of just under 18nm. We figured it wouldn’t take too long to cover this distance so we did not rush off in the morning.

I used this time in the morning to figure out how to use the alcohol stove. I poured in […]