Finally Sag Harbor/Shelter Island NY

The winds were out of the west as anticipated, starting off around 12 knots.  Together with a favorable current, we made good time sailing under jib alone to Plum Island, NY arriving at the cut around 2:30 pm.  After passing through the cut and changing course to the SW, we were close hauled and felt the full force of the wind which was now blowing 22 knots with gusts to 35.  Thankfully we were in the lee of the land so the waves were small but the last five miles of sailing were probably the windiest sailing yet.  We were torn between anchoring in Coecles Harbor on Shelter Island and Sag Harbor and decided upon the latter, dropping anchor just off the breakwater adjacent to the mooring field.  We searched on-line for a restaurant for dinner but didn’t find any that sounded interesting enough to endure a wet dinghy ride so we ate Thai tofu leftovers for dinner.  Afterwards when the winds finally subsided, we moved the dinghy off Juno to the water to be ready for a shore excursion tomorrow.

Flag Day at Sag Harbor