[Rhodes22-list] For Richard Smith

Thu Mar 31 17:11:49 EST 2005

Ed,

Last summer, cousin Tom and I 3/4 circumnavigated Long Island in his Mac26
in 8 leisurely days.  We demurred and starting from Tom's dock in Babylon,
LI on Great South Bay going counter-clockwise we took the Shinnecock Canal,
up through big and little Pequoit, past the Hamptons, and into LIS through
Plum Gut with it's ripping tides.  It was really quite nice to have a 50 hp
for that adventure.  With the water ballast tanks dry, the Mac would do
about 20, but we were still the smallest and slowest boat running the inlet
when we did it.  A large portion of the eastern tidal waters of LIS goes
through the shallow Plum Island cut during tide changes, but entering LIS
from that short cut helped us avoid the Montauk blue water part.  That was a
good thing: the open Atlantic is not always a safe place for a MacGregor (or
maybe not even a Rhodes 22) even in late June. However, on the plane from
Raleigh to Boston, then to back to Islip, then home again, I passed over
Montauk four times -- but I didn't recognize it from your photo post.  I
think the north/south vs. east/west orientation confused me.

One of the best parts of the trip was departing early one morning from
Manhasset Bay and cruising down the East River, with Frank Sinatra's
greatest
hits on the box  ("If you can make it there, you'll  make it anywhere.."),
then motoring up the Hudson a bit, past the Lady Liberty (see picture) then
down through the Anchorage, under the Verazano Bridge and into a little safe
harbor on Staten Island right inside of Sandy Hook.  The following day we
crossed Ambrose Channel and Chapel Hill Channel (yup -- there really is a
shipping lane approaching New York Harbor called Chapel Hill Channel).  We
crossed both in the morning fog -- scary.

I grew up in the NYC area, but until I traveled around NY Harbor in a small
boat I had no concept of how small Manhattan is and how enormous Staten
Island is.   Many Manhattans could fit on Staten Island.

Has anyone done this trip in a R22?   Without the 50 hp iron genny to rely
on in a pinch, it would certainly be a much more challenging trip.

PT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ed kroposki" <ekroposki at charter.net>
To: "'Richard Smith'" <sailnut at worldnet.att.net>; "'The Rhodes 22 mail
list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 2:30 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] For Richard Smith

See:  http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/2005-March/022105.html

If I had my old Nikon with the polarizing filter, I could have cut thru that
haze.  I guess local landmarks are a challenge to LIS sailors, or even those
from Brooklyn.  Maybe the guys from Brooklyn do not know there another end
to Long Island?  Maybe they are flat earthers who are afraid they will fall
off.  I was at that white building at the end about 40 years ago.  But I
thought we had someone on this list who circumnavigated Long Island?  I
guess he has sailed away in peace....

Ed K

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Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 1:15 PM
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Post the URL for the landmark again please.  Somehow I missed the original
post.

Thanks

Richard Smith

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ed kroposki" <ekroposki at charter.net>
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Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 1:07 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Bill Effros a reply

Bill:
Thanks for the web site, but remember that at 10 bps it takes
forever to see any website.  Their slow speeds just were not worth waiting
for.  A Navajo could communicate faster with smoldering leaves and a
blanket.
Did you look at the Nautical Landmark?  I thought you of all people
would have recognized and correctly identified that landmark.  Maybe Burt or
Richard Smith or Lou or even Michael can identify it.  Gee, where are all
the previously identified Rhodies located?
Ed K

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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Bill Effros
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 10:20 AM
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Boeing Stock and Composite Boats

http://www.bbc.co.uk/

ed kroposki wrote:

>Brad,
> I have out of touch with the world as most Americans know it.  Where
>I was over in the Ukraine, there were no English language newspapers
>available and no English language news.  Because of the extremely slow
>internet access, I could not even check the news on the internet.
> What day did this accident occur?  Any details? Web citations? Your
>attached info was very interesting.  Is the sailboat incident that you are
>referring to the carbon fiber mast failure?
> AS to my being out of touch, the other lady with my wife had
>extensive international travel experience and was exasperated that we could
>not even get the BBC.  The people that sent us did not accurately portray
>the situation, enough said.
> FYI, the AeroSvit flight to Kiev from JFK was almost 5,000 miles.
>The plane, a Boeing 767, had screens for movies which also allowed the
>pilots to post information.  In between the movies and at the beginning and
>near the end of the flight they posted maps of the route, progress on the
>route, altitude, air speed, departure time, actual time, expected arrival
>time, temperature and weather conditions.  The crew was very professional.
>All announcements were first made in Ukrainian then an English translation.
>In fact the monitor screens posted the information in Ukrainian and metric
>then English with our miles or temperature.  I could recommend this airline
>to the next guy going to Kiev, your everyday destination.
>
>Ed K
>Greenville, SC, USA
>
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