About Us
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On The Waterside
Sailing the East End of Long Island, New York
In the summer of 2001, I invented an amazing job, sailing around
Long Island and writing for Dan’s Paper. The weekly column
BlownAway provided readers with a summer-long voyage around the
East End, beginning in Port Jefferson, Mattituck and Greenport. We
dined in Sag Harbor, went aground in the Peconic and then were
rescued by the Coast Guard. The highlight was the marriage of the
captain and first mate, well actually my second wife, aboard the
sailboat at the Montauk Yacht Club.
Long Island and writing for Dan’s Paper. The weekly column
BlownAway provided readers with a summer-long voyage around the
East End, beginning in Port Jefferson, Mattituck and Greenport. We
dined in Sag Harbor, went aground in the Peconic and then were
rescued by the Coast Guard. The highlight was the marriage of the
captain and first mate, well actually my second wife, aboard the
sailboat at the Montauk Yacht Club.
| Shipwrecked on Long Island |
The ensuing years have been an odyssey, worthy of both Homer and
the Simpsons. Horizons darkened and the winds increased. The 26ft
Pearson was sold and so was my home, to finance a Gemini 32 ft
catamaran yacht and provide a nice retirement/cruising fund. The
BlownAway Too was purchased new, right out of the Performance
Cruising factory in Annapolis, Maryland. We sailed her back to
Long Island, a 300 mile mystical trip through the Chesapeake, Cape
May, Atlantic City and Fire Island.
the Simpsons. Horizons darkened and the winds increased. The 26ft
Pearson was sold and so was my home, to finance a Gemini 32 ft
catamaran yacht and provide a nice retirement/cruising fund. The
BlownAway Too was purchased new, right out of the Performance
Cruising factory in Annapolis, Maryland. We sailed her back to
Long Island, a 300 mile mystical trip through the Chesapeake, Cape
May, Atlantic City and Fire Island.
It was right after the boat was tucked
away for the winter when the shipwreck
chart a new course in the middle of a
storm. The first mate, well actually I was
her third husband, learned how to jump
ship with the cruising half of the retirement
fund and had a pirate of a divorce lawyer
who kept the boat out of the water for the
better part of two years.
The ill winds have subsided and we, and
the seas, both settled. So this season’s
voyage of the BlownAway Too is being
planned, with new headings to familiar
docks and some more distant ports. The
mega yachts of Sag Harbor will be
explored, along with the historic roads of
Block Island. Montauk, Greenport, Shelter
Island and East Hampton’s Three Mile
Harbor will be ports-of-call. City sailing in
Manhattan and Brooklyn will be an unique
experience of urban streets and metro-
marinas.
away for the winter when the shipwreck
chart a new course in the middle of a
storm. The first mate, well actually I was
her third husband, learned how to jump
ship with the cruising half of the retirement
fund and had a pirate of a divorce lawyer
who kept the boat out of the water for the
better part of two years.
The ill winds have subsided and we, and
the seas, both settled. So this season’s
voyage of the BlownAway Too is being
planned, with new headings to familiar
docks and some more distant ports. The
mega yachts of Sag Harbor will be
explored, along with the historic roads of
Block Island. Montauk, Greenport, Shelter
Island and East Hampton’s Three Mile
Harbor will be ports-of-call. City sailing in
Manhattan and Brooklyn will be an unique
experience of urban streets and metro-
marinas.
the water’s edge. From the glitz of Trump’
s Atlantic City Marina to a pink dawn in the
quiet of Block Island Sound, the boat, her
captain and crew will be an outpost on
where Long Island ends and a seafaring
world begins.
Each weekday, a blog will allow readers to
follow along with the circumnavigation,
with text and photos of the boat’s
progress. Weekly, new video will be
posted about the marinas we visit, the
restaurants we dine in and the people we
meet out on the water and at the docks.
The BlownAway Too sits ready in Center
Moriches and as each day grows longer
and brighter, the outfitting begins. Tools
and towels, clothes and food has been
stored aboard. Batteries are charged and
the Verizon Wireless bill has been paid.
(Wish I could say the same for American
Express….)
Long Island is 120 miles of untouched
natural beauty, historic locales and
luxurious beachside mansions.
BlownAway Too will sail by them all,
offering its audience a look at our island
from the water side.
Email comments to
Ben
aboard the BlownAway Too
fullsail2007@yahoo.com
or
ben@onthewatersideny.com
s Atlantic City Marina to a pink dawn in the
quiet of Block Island Sound, the boat, her
captain and crew will be an outpost on
where Long Island ends and a seafaring
world begins.
Each weekday, a blog will allow readers to
follow along with the circumnavigation,
with text and photos of the boat’s
progress. Weekly, new video will be
posted about the marinas we visit, the
restaurants we dine in and the people we
meet out on the water and at the docks.
The BlownAway Too sits ready in Center
Moriches and as each day grows longer
and brighter, the outfitting begins. Tools
and towels, clothes and food has been
stored aboard. Batteries are charged and
the Verizon Wireless bill has been paid.
(Wish I could say the same for American
Express….)
Long Island is 120 miles of untouched
natural beauty, historic locales and
luxurious beachside mansions.
BlownAway Too will sail by them all,
offering its audience a look at our island
from the water side.
Email comments to
Ben
aboard the BlownAway Too
fullsail2007@yahoo.com
or
ben@onthewatersideny.com
