Hold it a second! We are supposed to be in Mattituck, right. Yes, but one has to be flexible on a cruise. Despite the advantages of Mattituck, it is at the end of a 2 mile Bayou heading south into Long Island from its north shore and hence windless. And on a hot day and night wind was desired. So, we went to Duck Island Roads where we would be protected from any waves but the winds would cut across the seawall to keep us cool. (I did notify both clubs to please tell folks who might want to join us that they are welcome but because we are not following the itinerary, call first so they won’t be disappointed in going to a place where we were not. We added about ten miles to the day’s passage, but they will shorten tomorrow’s sail. We anchored a bit east of where the chart shows the purple anchor.
But before that we all had a leisurely breakfast of blueberry/mango pancakes. We had forgotten the bacon but Lene came up with fried rounds of hotdogs, an acceptable substitute.
We weighed anchor at 11:50 for what was six hours underway. The course was a bit north of east and the first few hours it looked like a repeat of day two — no wind. I left the main up but no wind was propelling the boat. Then a glorious light apparent wind came up at about 12 knots from 110 to 140 degrees off the starboard bow. Pushing us along at 6 and 7 knots. No big waves, no engine noise, no fuel costs, just delicious wind propulsion.
The anchorage area is huge with only one sailboat there when we arrived and one more coming in after Gypsy Jake. There were a dozen power boats out for the day in the shallower water near the sea walls but as expected they left before evening.
Again, due to Gypsy Jake’s later arrival, we deferred our dinner together on her until the next day. Due to going farther today, tomorrow’s passage to Hamburg Cove will be shorter.
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