Hi Bill, East Coast sailing used to be fun..............
Back in '75 when we first started sailing the area, our sailing gang, The Goose Island Cruising ( boozing and snoozing) Club would take off from Noank, CT and sail to Block Island. Next stop was Cuttyhunk, at the lower end of Buzzards Bay. Then Hadley's Harbor where we would raft up - five boats - for Happy Hour. Cotuit, Chatham, Nantucket, Edgartown, Cuttyhunk and home would then be a two week cruise. In those days it was quiet and peaceful; you could anchor in each harbor and sailing was enjoyable. By the time we sold our big boat, harbors were wall to wall boats (fiberglass doesn't just rot away and disappear), as the factories churn out more product............. Towns had moorings - you now had to take a Town mooring (and found strangers rafted up to you the next morning) - and pay. Launch services were added, with the launches running till 1 AM and rolling you out of your berths as they charged back and forth trough the anchorage. That was when we finally contemplated our navels and came to the realization that the costs far outweighed the pleasures: sold the big boat and went small................ Now I go where the big boys can't go; costs are almost $0 for maximum pleasure; and I sail were I have peace and quiet again. Connie _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
