Cruise to Sag Harbor and return

Stephen S

Great start. Sailed an hour or 2. I did a lot of steering and found it a fight against the out going tide. Then it started a light rain. We donned our rain slickers. No problem. Still happy to be on the water. After rounding fishers island off CT we headed for the channel between Great Gull island and Little Gull. Past the light house on Little Gull and turned west. Into Gardeners Bay. weaved our way thru some islands toward Sag Harbor. Upon arriving at Sag Harbor Mooring and anchorage haled them for assistant to find our mooring buoy E8. They sent out a launch to guide us to the inner mooring field and finally found the mooring. Had the dingy with us but I suggested not to mount the outboard since it was heavy and awkward to handle. Bill rowed into to the docks. Was difficult to find a spot to dock the dingy. Went back and forth a bit and finally found the place for all the dinghys. On a very short walk we found the Sag Harbor Tavern. The place was hoping. Sat at the bar and had a great meal of Romain wedge and mussels. Fabulous. Got a little lost finding our way back to the dingy. Then I rowed back to the boat but we did find it difficult finding our boat in the dark. Arrived and went to sleep. Great day.