[Alberg30] Beautiful Scenic Aromatic New York City

[Brian and Elaine Timmins]

Robert Kirk writes:
Which reminded me of sailing in that lovely area as a youngster.
Presumably, Brian likes the smell of glue.

Ah, There's nothing like the smell of fresh glue in the morning!

Really now, how long ago where you sailing in the area? Your right on target, as to location. Your memory is of Barren Island which is the correct name of the area (it's a peninsula now). My marina used to be known as Barren Island Marina and is currently called Gateway Marina. It's been about 70+ years since the area was as you described. Around 1930 NYC built it's first municipal airport on Barren Island called Floyd Bennet Field, which remained semi-active through the Vietnam War. It went through several changes and the only aircraft there now are NYC Police helicopters. All of Barren Island and Large chunks of Jamaica Bay, Staten Island, and Sandy Hook now comprise Gateway National Seashore. The whole area is much cleaner now than ever before and YES it is scenic. No, there are no remnants of horses in the area. I use Deadhorse Bay as my hailing port as a conversation starter (almost no one knows where it is). It is a marvelous sailing area with consistent winds (even in the dead of summer). I can put my sails up as soon as I clear the docks and sail right out into New York Bight. The water is plenty deep (at least for 4' 3" draft) and compared to Long Island Sound (and the Chesapeake) the winds are marvelous. If your ever up this way, stop in. If your curious at all, my local club (Deep Creek Yacht Club) has a web page at   http://38.150.154.11/index.html    By the way, if you really sailed in my area way back when, might you have any really old charts of the area laying around that you want to get rid of before they turn to dust?                             Regards,
                                     Brian         Free Spirit         A30  #497    
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