Greenport, Long Island has always been one of our favorite cruising destinations. There was a time when we'd visit for just a weekend but with fuel prices so high, it makes sense to go and stay a while. We dock at Mitchell Park Marina, Greenport village's beautiful marina in a park right on Front Street. We left on August 16 and returned on August 19.
Unless there's a special event of some kind, the marina is almost never crowded during the week.
As usual, we met lots of nice boaters. We got to know a couple from Gales Ferry who were docked next to us. They had three poodles that were very well behaved and fun to watch. They left for home the next day. Sorry we didn't get any pictures of the poodles.
For you boaters out there, "Gulliver" is a 1983 Silverton 31X, in very nice shape. We love to see older boats kept up properly. By the way, this one is for sale.
As the days passed, new boats arrived and others left. Here's an interesting pair: A very nice little 25-ft. red picnic boat docked next to a big blue cruiser from Florida. We didn't meet the owners but enjoyed the color contrast.
Speaking of color, how's this? It's Frances preparing dinner at the table in our cockpit. She looks a little stressed here but she certainly wasn't. Maybe it was the onion she was cutting.
The picture at the beginning of this blog entry is the Margaret Rose, a fishing boat sporting a new coat of paint. She left to go fishing the next day. These draggers tie up at Greenport's Railroad Dock and have become the village's logo. At the other end of the dock was Predator, which, we're afraid has seen her last days of fishing. This boat has been on the Railroad dock for years.
We dropped our inflatable in the water, mounted our mighty 2 hp. Honda engine and took a ride to Sterling Harbor, where we spent so many great times at Doug's Dock long before Mitchell's was built. We beached the inflatable right at the entrance (called Sandy Beach), inspected the Osprey nest and wondered along the beach on a beautiful, warm afternoon. Frances collected shells and she got some nice ones!
Frances runs a pretty tight ship on our cruises and that includes drying our towels on the bow railing.
There are more photos from this trip but they are on Frances' camera. Perhaps she'll add them to this blog. If not, we'll get them on soon.
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