Pulled anchor just after sunrise and made our way out of Port Jefferson. It had been a gusty night and we were a little worried about what the day was going to bring, but happily it wasn't too bad out there at all, and once we got our sails up it was a nice comfortable downwind run.

We ran just on the genoa for the first bit, as the winds were quite strong and gusty to start, but they died down and halfway through we put up the full main as well and continued all the way down to Port Washington. It got a lot more busy as we got further down the sound, and nice to see a bunch of other sailboats out with us.

Another wonderful day of sailing. Sailing Long Island Sound has been very rewarding, although we have also been blessed with some great winds for it.

Port Washington is a busy place. It's off season, and I can only imagine what it's like in the summer. The town has mooring balls that are a super great deal. First night is free, and nights thereafter are only $35/night. On top of that, there is a water taxi service to bring you into the town or anywhere around the port. Theone took the water taxi into down and picked up some groceries and Chinese take out while Aria and I stayed on the boat.

I serviced our primary genoa winch that wasn't working so well lately, and Aria spent some time in the hammock chair. Tomorrow we are going to stay here another night and venture into New York City from here by train. We'll see how that goes tomorrow!