- Nov 4, 2019
- 2,491
- Boat Info
- 2010 Sundancer 500
2015 Brig Falcon 330T
- Engines
- Twin Cummins QSC550 w Zeus Pods
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The only real solution to the Moriches Bay (and Moriches Inlet) shoaling is a reconfigured jetty to prevent the litoral drift of sand that occurs naturally and is exacerbated during every Nor'easter. That is very unlikely to ever happen in today's hyper sensitive environmental arena. Unlike the jetty's along the east coast, Long Island some how missed the boat on that approach (no pun intended). I was not able to get through that area with the 52 or 58 (and neither was able to get under the Shinnecock RR bridge except at low tide which meant waiting 3-4 hours after the tide I needed to get through Moriches Bay) so I always had to head SE at buoy 14 (west of the shoaling) and out Moriches Inlet (which could be a real treat) or head back west and go out FI Inlet (also a real treat), which added 60 miles and 200 gallons of fuel burn to my trips east and north.
That is why I moved my boat out of Patchogue to Montauk. Every trip to the east was a battle of either the threat of running aground in MB or running west to FI Inlet and then back.. just was not worth it anymore. Completely different type of boating out there in Montauk..The only real solution to the Moriches Bay (and Moriches Inlet) shoaling is a reconfigured jetty to prevent the litoral drift of sand that occurs naturally and is exacerbated during every Nor'easter. That is very unlikely to ever happen in today's hyper sensitive environmental arena. Unlike the jetty's along the east coast, Long Island some how missed the boat on that approach (no pun intended). I was not able to get through that area with the 52 or 58 (and neither was able to get under the Shinnecock RR bridge except at low tide which meant waiting 3-4 hours after the tide I needed to get through Moriches Bay) so I always had to head SE at buoy 14 (west of the shoaling) and out Moriches Inlet (which could be a real treat) or head back west and go out FI Inlet (also a real treat), which added 60 miles and 200 gallons of fuel burn to my trips east and north.