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Are you familiar with the waters of Stamford, CT?

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bmelchionda
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Initially Posted - 03/10/2007 : 13:56:59

Are you familiar with the waters of Stamford, CT? If so, can you provide some insight to the day sailing areas surrounding Stamford, CT? Any areas of particular interest, pro's/con's? I am looking to move my boat there from Bridgeport, CT.

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'86 Catalina 25 Tall Rig

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 03/10/2007 : 16:34:20

First, of course, get a chart. There are some nasty reefs and boulder fields, but they're easy to avoid. (Stay outside of the nun off Smith Reef between Stamford and Darien, for example, and away from the east side of Shippan Point until you study the chart carefully.) From Stamford you can easily go up the coast to the Norwalk Islands, down the coast to the islands off Greenwich, across to Huntington Bay, Oyster Bay, and Northport Long Island... In Darien, Ziegler's Cove is a great little anchorage, except on summer Saturday nights when it fills up with stinkpot rafts. Stay out of Scott's Cove, however--too shallow and rocky.
The tide range is generally between 6.5 and 9.5 feet around Stamford, so keep that in mind when selecting an anchorage.

I recommend a Long Island Sound cruising guide--I'm not at home so I can't give the specifics on the one I have, but there's lots of info, charts, and photos on each port and the waters around it.

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Response Posted - 03/10/2007 : 16:53:25

Many years ago, I used to live in Huntington, Long Island. Stamford is across the Sound and so areas like Oyster Bay and Huntington Bay area can make a nice day sail. There are places to swim and stay and anchor overnight in both Oyster Bay and Huntington Bay. Just entering Huntington Bay, heading just east of the inlet you pass a spit of land. many boats anchor off the spit and take dinghys to the sandy shoreline. It's a good area to also swim or jump off the boat and scrub the organisms off your bottom. Then when coated with 1000s of those critters, jump off your boat again to clear them off your body. I remeber those times.

Another great anchorage area for overnighters is the Oyster Bay Sandhole. As you just enter Oyster Bay, there is an inlet on the east side that opens up into a fairly nice size area where many boats will anchor for the night. A Coast Guard station is at the end of the sandhole (opposite the inlet).

I recall these areas from over 20 years ago and hopefully they are unchanged. Best to check out in a local cruising guide, charts and exploring.

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Response Posted - 03/11/2007 : 11:05:51

Hi Larry,

As I began reading your post thoughts of the old sandhole jumped into my head and I wondered if you were going to mention it.

Glad to hear that it hasn't changed at least in the twenty years that you mention. I was last there in the fifties. Egad, where has the time gone?

Val on the hard DAGNABIT, # 3936, Patchogue, N.Y.

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Response Posted - 03/11/2007 : 12:47:24

Val,

Last time I was there was back in 1984/5 on my 1980 Oday 23. As the boat came out of winter storage on land (where I kept it at a small marina on the west side of Huntington Harbor), I had it put in the water and then sailed it over to one of the major marinas located in the harbor - Coneys Marine. I had it taken out and put up for sale. I had already accepted a position in VA and had started work in April 1985. Wound up selling my house and boat the same week just before July 4th of same year.

Larry

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Response Posted - 03/15/2007 : 13:02:02

We can warmly recommend Stamford, CT. We have keept the boat there in the summers going on our 5th year and there are still places we would like to explore. Some very well known and easy places to sail to are Northport, LI and ind and about Captains Islands near Greenwich plus endless places along the north shore of Long Island. And, of course there is always New York City. It is also a great location to watch all the big racing regattas held in the sound every summer. It would be geat to have another C25 joining us.

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