Eatons Neck to Mamaroneck

We were able to depart Eatons Neck with plenty of water under us as we scheduled our appointment with Nick, the sail maker, for just after lunch. We only had to travel about 5 miles to get to Huntington Harbor. We stopped for fuel and water at one of the many marinas lining the harbor's shoreline. There must be at least a thousand boats in slips or on moorings in Huntington Harbor. Foreign Affair has a Huntington Harbor mooring field permit on her stern which leads us to think Huntington Harbor was her home port in 2010. The harbor is very long, with a deep main channel and protection from all directions. Beautiful homes overlook the harbor all along the shoreline.

New Main Sail

Nick arrived at the city dock just in time to help us land. It didn't take long to get the old main off the boat. The new sail with the Dutchman reefing system fit perfectly. The old Dutchman we had was the two line version and the new Dutchman is the three line version. As a result, the sail cover needed modification. Nick took the old main and sail cover back to the loft. He had to remove the slugs from the main sail since they belonged to a Tidesmarine Strong Track System in his loft. The slugs were installed on our old main so we could use it until we got the new sail which also had a set of Strong Track slugs. We will pick up the old main and sail cover in about a week. The new sail looks great.

We left Huntington Harbor at 1600 bound for Mamaroneck. We arrived at the Mamaroneck harbor entrance and took a mooring ball just as the sun was setting. We were not able to sail across the Sound since there was very little wind and what little there was hit us head on. We were not too disappointed as everything else went very well today. We'll have plenty of time to use our new sails in the future.