didn't get near CT and so didn't see the kites
closed we came was one long tack which placed us outside larchmont.
stuck along the long island side (fewer rocks to deal with!........aka: lazy
man's navigation)
from coldspring harbor we headed to seacliff to hang out at the yacht club
there and use the swimming pool only to find out they had no moorings
available, i believe it was due to the end of the around long island race.

given the weather, i didn't have the temerity to drop anchor, and pointed
for home (city island). by this time (4:00 pm or so) there where few boats
out and most that were out, were motoring with bare poles.
gf

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On Sun, 1 Aug 2004 11:44:35 -0400, "gonefishiing" wrote:
The LIS was indeed honking yesterday. We got a late start at around 11:00
AM.
The first hour or two it was blowing about 12 knots more or less, with
fairly
flat seas. By 3:00, it was blowing about 20 knots, with frequent higher
gusts,
and the seas picked up accordingly.

It was a great sail from near Milford, up to Hammonassett Beach and back
with
beautiful weather. Tons of sailboats were out. At Hammonassett Beach,
someone
was flying a giant kite that resembled an octopus. Rough guess is that,
with
tentacles, it must have been about 50 feet long and 10 feet high. There
were
other, much smaller kites doing aerobatics.

BB