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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bob,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Jamaica Bay is by far easier than East
Rockaway inlet, but East Rock is fairly easy in anything other than a real blow.
The back of Jamaica Bay is still pretty much the same except there isn't very
much commercial traffic anymore. I'm not sure about the Lawrence Golf Club
having a marina. I'll ask a few people. Keystone is still there and so long as
there is some breeze (to blow away the gnats) is probably your best bet for the
Five Towns area. My wife's family used to keep there power boat at Keystone a
few years ago.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> If your caught by nasty weather going
this way, sail for Coney Island till your in near the along shore channel, then
head east into Jamaica Bay. Entering the bay this way is doable in any weather
short of a full Hurricane (and maybe then too). Rockaway Inlet (the jetty
entrance to Jamaica Bay) can get real nasty if the current, wind and waves are
fighting. If the weather is like this, wait it out before you go for East
Rockaway Inlet. It's sort of like a mini copy of Rockaway Inlet.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> If you come into Jamaica Bay, My
marina (and the continuing home of my ex Alberg) is just North of the Marine
Parkway Bridge. There should be plenty of open slips, just read your chart
getting into Dead Horse Bay.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brian</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Glad to be able to help any way I can.</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=isobar@cablespeed.com href="mailto:isobar@cablespeed.com">Robert
Kirk</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=timmins@optonline.net
href="mailto:timmins@optonline.net">Brian and Elaine Timmins</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 29, 2002 12:00
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> A30 Cruise to New York and Long
Island Sound - South Shore</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>At 07:50 PM 3/1/02 -0500, Brian and Elaine Timmins wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite"><FONT face=arial size=2>Welcome to our home
waters. Glad your coming this way!</FONT><BR> <BR><FONT
face=arial size=2>Where do I begin?
First off, let me remind you that my boat is located about 6-7 miles east of
the entrance to NY harbor. I'm just a little further east than Chris Katehis
who Emailed in his welcome a few days ago. We're the only 2 A30's active in
Jamaica Bay That I'm aware of. Of course my boat is for sale and I might not
be a "real" alberger by the time you guys get up here. I realize that you
won't be able to stop at every nook and cranny along the way, so I'm going
to skip the "you must come by my marina" plea and try to make
recommendations that my local knowledge can help you with. (Of course, If
you have excess time, pleeeeease stop by my marina)</FONT><BR>[...]<BR><FONT
face=arial size=2>P.S. ask specific questions and I'll be glad to try to
help.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Brian... OK, I'll take you up and ask a couple of
specific questions.<BR><BR>I'll be coming up with the group but will probably
spilt off for a while and stop in on the South Shore to drop in on some
relatives in the 5 towns of Nassau where I grew up.<BR><BR>The question is
which way to go. I could come in Jamaica Bay and tie up around Inwood dock on
the east end of the bay. But as I remember from many years ago that area was
pretty scruffy and not much in the way of slips or anchorages available - just
commercial piers for oil barges. Is it still that way now or is there a place
to land?<BR><BR>Alternatively, I could go in East Rockaway Inlet and stop in
the inlet just east of the Atlantic Beach bridge at the Lawrence Golf Club,
which I understand has a marina now, or go up the thin water of Hempstead Bay
to the Keystone Yacht Club where we were members some half-century
ago.<BR><BR>Is East Rockaway Inlet still tough to navigate without local
knowledge? I imagine Jamaica Bay is easier. I used to know those waters, but I
don't know the territory any more.<BR><BR>Would appreciate any
advice.<BR><BR>Bob Kirk<BR>Isobar #181<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>