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September 03, 2009
Montauk, NY to Westbrook, CT. Umm… Joshua Cove, CT
Full moon rising, Joshua Cove
We left Montauk very early to beat the tidal shift at Plum Gut. This time, our exit from Lake Montauk was at high tide. No heart palpitations. We set our course for the gut, and I made coffee and breakfast. In Block Island, there is a bakery that comes to your boat. He has the best sticky cinnamon buns. We picked up four when we were there, intending to give a couple to Emily and Huntley, but they didn’t want them. So we had them while we were sailing to Westbrook. We thought we would go back to the marina there, or anchor behind Duck Island if they didn’t have room for us.
The current at Plum Gut spat us through with a vengeance. We made such good time that we decided to make more westing by continuing to Joshua Cove, where we would anchor for the night.
We arrived to find one other boat there. They left shortly after we arrived. Was it something we said? A group of kayakers paddled by and said we should watch for them after sunset when they would paddle back. They were picnicking on the beach to celebrate the full moon.
This place, just east of the Thimble Islands, is a great place to be in a north or east wind. We came in here in the spring in an east 20 knot wind, horizontal rain and cold. It was a refuge, and one we cherished at the time. It was nice to be back, this time in settled weather.
It was magical, and a moment I have never seen before. As the sun set in the west, the moon rose exactly opposite in the east, and almost at exactly the same time. Shortly after, the kayakers breezed by. A bit like the dolphins in the middle of the Atlantic, angels of the sea.
Posted by dave at September 3, 2009 09:44 AM