{"id":16835,"date":"2011-07-21T00:01:45","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T05:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=16835"},"modified":"2011-07-20T19:35:32","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T00:35:32","slug":"fishers-island-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/fishers-island-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Fishers Island, New York"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It is Saturday, hot inland, and Long Island Sound beckons those who have the means to enjoy boating. It appears to us as if most of these folks are on our radar screen (shown above on an offset three mile range).<\/p>\n
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There are all types and sizes of yachts to observe, from the ubiquitous Opti to<\/p>\n
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the mighty J shown here a long way off in the haze.<\/p>\n
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There is a regatta happening off West Harbor on Fishers Island. We stop to give the competitors plenty of room and make sure our wake does not disturb them. Not everyone is as courteous.<\/p>\n
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At anchor now, we enjoy watching the action off our stern, and the mark roundings not far from the bow.<\/p>\n
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Fishers Island offers a variety of shoreline, rocks, and marsh to entice our feathered friends.<\/p>\n
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Although our two terabyte hard drive is overflowing with birds in flight, we cannot resist just a few more attempts at the ideal photograph.<\/p>\n
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We don’t come even close to perfection, but the process is enjoyable, and being out in the dinghy at the end of the day a \u00a0pleasure.<\/p>\n
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We consider going ashore, but in the end opt for a quiet night aboard Wind Horse<\/em>.<\/p>\n Sunday morning and we head inland to find a coffee and newspaper. We bat .500, but a bonus is waiting along the sidewalk.<\/p>\n The locals are doing chores,<\/p>\n crabbing at the Yacht Club where we have tied up the dinghy,<\/p>\n and testing their new wheels.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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