Greenport to Shinnecock Inlet - Local knowledge needed please!

Anybody hear from him? Im at the dock and boy is the wind blowing. Just tried hailing him no answer on 16.
 
Ron chose the inside route down the LI Sound and was in rain and a decent chop until after noon. They refueled at about noon and headed out with out any issues, then ran out of the rain and chop by about 1:30. The boat is doing fine, except for some worn out windshield wipers, and Ron is now a fan of autopilots!
 
It wasn't bad early, then picked up and lay down in the afternoon. Hopefully it was down when he cleared the VZ Br.
 
Took the sound. 9h50 moving time, 176 miles. Took a TON of spray off the stbd bow but just choppy. Once we hit Manhasset Bay things leveled out. East River was great, NY Harbor was pretty quiet and the ocean from Roamer Shoal to Manasquan was a joy. Nice ride, but tiring. Thanks to all who chipped in with info, advice and pointers!

BTW, shout out to Bob at Orient Point By the Sea Marina. This man got up at 0645 today to open up his place and fuel me up.

Great to see Mike (Turtletone), Dave (Dancin Dave) and Larry (Larry), my buds at Norwalk Cove Marina (second fuel stop - c'mon, it's a gas boat!). Also thanks to those guys and to Jeff (Sea Gull), who talked (or should I say TEXTED) me through that damn mine field known as the "east approach" to Norwalk Harbor.
 
Good job Ron and congratulations.
These larger SeaRay's sure are a pleasure to run.
 
rondds said:
Took the sound. 9h50 moving time, 176 miles. Took a TON of spray off the stbd bow but just choppy. Once we hit Manhasset Bay things leveled out. East River was great, NY Harbor was pretty quiet and the ocean from Roamer Shoal to Manasquan was a joy. Nice ride, but tiring. Thanks to all who chipped in with info, advice and pointers!

BTW, shout out to Bob at Orient Point By the Sea Marina. This man got up at 0645 today to open up his place and fuel me up.

Great to see Mike (Turtletone), Dave (Dancin Dave) and Larry (Larry), my buds at Norwalk Cove Marina (second fuel stop - c'mon, it's a gas boat!). Also thanks to those guys and to Jeff (Sea Gull), who talked (or should I say TEXTED) me through that damn mine field known as the "east approach" to Norwalk Harbor.
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Glad you made it safe and sound.
Where was the rain?
I was At the marina in seaford waxing for hours and also on the north shore in Calverton on an "interview" with a breeder for a Shepard pup
 
The rain was from Stratford to Manhasset. It was salt water rain and it was relentless!
I need to replace that wiper blade.
 
Glad to hear you made it safe Ron. I hope the Danford's tip was helpful! Best of luck with the new ride!
 
Todd
We fueled up at Orient Point and hugged the CT coast to stay a bit in the lee of the land. Next stop was Norwalk, where gas was 30 cents cheaper and I got to see Dave, Mike and Larry. When I spoke to Mike on Saturday he pointed out the gas price differences and to be truthful, I really hadn't thought about CT as a place to look for fuel.

But thanks for the tip anyway. I left a message at Danfords and they never called back. I'd never make a run anywhere with out confirming ahead whether they were open and if they had the amount of fuel I'd need.
 
Ron,

That makes total sense. With a N/NW wind hugging the CT coast was a good idea. I wasn't sure about it when we mentioned it earlier because of the fuel cost to cross. Once you pointed out the price difference ,which never occurred to me, it was the right choice! I'm glad it worked out for you!


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Ron,

Glad you made made it safe and sound and that plan B worked out well. As you know, it's not always about shorter distance, it's about the experience. Based on my observation for the LIS, the fuel on CT side is always cheaper than on LI side.
 
Alex, it was a great experience. Jon really enjoyed the East River part and my Dad hadn't been that way in 35 years so he enjoyed it. As the captain and main helmsman, I would have preferred 9 hours on the water to 12. Exhausting. Got the boat in the slip, unloaded, rinsed the 50,000 lbs of salt off and headed home. Late dinner and crashed.

BTW, didn't see one piece of debris on the whole ride. Keep in mind this is what I was looking at for about 4 hours...


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Looks familiar.....does the 380DA bow ride higher than what you were used to? Took me a while to get used to it.

Don
 
Don,
Coming from a sedan bridge, spray was never an issue, nor was bow rise. The DB was ass heavy and rode high in the bow but visibility was great from everywhere. I haven't gotten doused like this since my 19' Regal cuddy.

Interestingly, the DB rarely took spray - obviously you'd need some pretty nasty conditions to take spray on the bridge but I rarely came home with a salty foredeck and we rode with the forward hatch open ALL the time. And I had that boat for 9 seasons. Very dry ride, maybe b/c the bow did ride high - that includes many ocean runs - and Barnegat Bay on a weekend is just as choppy as the Sound was yesterday.

I tried trimming this boat to run a bit higher and even tipped it to run stbd side higher. Just a perfect combination of wind direction, travel direction and a good 2-3' chop with short period.

What was really nice was the wash down in the anchor locker. Whenever possible, we throttled down to hose and sham-wow off the windows. Functioning wiper blades will be important!
 
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