Departure day. Right after breakfast, Roy rode his bike to the grocery store and bought a few things. I washed the dishes and began getting the boat ready. We left right at ten o'clock. No problem getting away from the dock.
We motored around the Battery, up the East River, and under the Throg Neck Bridge. Once on the Sound, our course was almost due east, and there was a Southwest wind blowing around twenty knots, so we were able to sail. Zoomed along at seven and eight knots under full sail.
Long Island Sound is 100 miles long. I didn't want to keep going at night, so we pulled over towards the shore just past Fort Jefferson and anchored in 12 feet of water. The wind soon died, and we enjoyed a calm, peaceful night.
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