New to the group, Hello!

NickB

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Feb 14, 2017
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Huntington NY
Boat Info
2004 Sea Ray 320 Sundancer, Garmin GPSMAP 840xs, Raymarine SL-70 Radar
Engines
Twin inboard Merc 6.2 MPI 320HP gasoline engines
Hi everyone -

Proud owner of an '06 320 Sundancer. This is our third year with her and about our 6th season boating. We spent the first three years on the South Shore of Long Island but have since moved to North shore. Wow, totally different boating, we are still learning everyday out there!

Hope to make the trip to Block Island this summer, any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Nick & Jen, Lucas (8), Katie(4), and the pooch Eddie (3)
 
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Welcome aboard! Wish I could give you advice, but that's way out of my area. Plenty of others can though!


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Hello!
 
Welcome Nick. Like Dani-Lu, we also live on the north shore of Long Island, but keep the boat on the south shore. We really love the ocean beaches & they keep my kids (ages 9, 11 & 13) active and electronics free!!

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We did that for 3 years and Loved it....but with the kids activities we found ourselves not getting out as much as we would like. You know, if basketball ends at 12pm are you then going to pack up and drive 45 minutes to the boat? Just didn't work. I miss Hemlock Cove and weekends at Watch Hill SO MUCH! So, while we miss the beach, we now live <5 minutes from the boat and use it much more.
 
Welcome aboard! We live and boat on the south shore. There are others on here that live and boat on the north shore along with people on the CT coast. If you have not seen it yet, check out the threads for the Northeast Flotilla. Lots of fun with a great group of people.

This is last years thread: http://clubsearay.com/showthread.php/76231-CSR-Northeast-Flotilla-2016

keep an eye out for the 2017, coming soon........
 
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We did that for 3 years and Loved it....but with the kids activities we found ourselves not getting out as much as we would like. You know, if basketball ends at 12pm are you then going to pack up and drive 45 minutes to the boat? Just didn't work. I miss Hemlock Cove and weekends at Watch Hill SO MUCH! So, while we miss the beach, we now live <5 minutes from the boat and use it much more.
I understand that logic. My buddy did that too. He got called for a town slip at Mount Sinai harbor. Same deal, 5 minutes to the boat. After 3 seasons he moved back down to the south shore. He found that he was primarily sitting at the marina up there or anchoring in Pirates cove for the day. His wife and kids just didn't enjoy it as much & neither did he. Our boats are 30 mins door to door so not really bad, especially for what we do once there. My kids are VERY active in multiple sports so we are resigned to primarily July & August boating for now. In all honesty, even if my boat was local to me, I doubt that I would have time to use it on a Saturday when I have 3 - 5 games all over the island. I hope it works out better for you because I do miss the longer boating season a little.....but not while watching the kids play!

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We're 5 minutes from cold Spring Harbor but keep the boat in Seaford. did the reverse. Had a few smaller boats and launched from CSH and now found solace in the south shore.
Enjoy!
 
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You know what I liked the most about keeping it close to home? My wife saying things like "go right to the boat from the train, the kids and I will bring a pizza and meet you there" on a weeknight!

But, yeah, we may end up back on south shore at some point. In my old age I'd love to own home on FI and stay there all summer!
 
Welcome! The 320 is a very nice boat. About 15 years ago we boated on the South Shore, then did split seasons spending the spring/fall in Lindenhurst and the summer on the north shore. After a few years we decided to keep our boat in Huntington for 9 years and really enjoyed it. We have been in Greenport for the last 7 years.

If you loved Hemlock there is a great cove out at Lloyd neck locals calls the sand hole that is terrific. It's a bit tricky to get in at first so you may want to follow someone with local knowledge. When our kids were young we would go to the Westport town Marina called Compo. You do not have to be a resident. Cheapest gas you will find on the sound and they have a beautiful Marina, unbelievable trex playground, very nice beach for the Sound and tennis,basketball and skateboard courts. Great day or overnight trip.

We go to Block every year multiple times so feel free to IM me if I can help you.
 
Welcome, we also own an '06 320. We boat in the same waters, Northport here. The sand hole that was mentioned above is an awesome place, he is rigt, it's very tricky. Lots of great destinations on the Connecticut shore.


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Welcome! We live in the northern most part of Farmingdale, a chip shot away from the clubhouse at Bethpage, which is not all that close to either shore and puts us about 7 1/2 miles (20 minute drive) from our dock in Lindenhurst. I've never boated on the North Shore but would love to give it a shot sometime for a change of scenery and a couple of new destinations.
 

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