Stonington & Sag Harbor
Lynn & Mike ..around the world
Mike Drinkrow & Lynn v/d Hoven
Mon 2 Aug 2010 20:38
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41:00.31N 072:16.97W Stonington & Sag
Harbour
On Saturday we sailed west, back
to Connecticut and took a mooring ball in the very pretty town of
Stonington. We then called a cab and headed up to The
Mystic Seaport, an old river port, that has been restored and the
whole area turned into maritime history museum.
There are many displays, including a small town, a
large shipyard that still restores boats, informative exhibitions and a
number of ships you can board. Most impressive is the last remaining wooden
whaling ship, the Charles W Morgan that is being totally rebuilt, to be
refloated in a few years. It was very interesting to see the layout of the
'blubber factory' inside the ship as well as how the crew, captain and his
family lived aboard, for up to 5 years at a time!! (with very few hanging
closets!)
  The Amistad - a replica of the infamous slave
ship
The Charles W
Morgan
From Stonington, we crossed back over the Long Island
Sound to Sag Harbour, N.Y. This is the 'yacht parking lot' for all the
wealthy folk holidaying in The Hamptons - and there is a lot of money tied up on
the water! The town is very quaint and we had cocktails with a friend of Tom's
who lives here on the weekends - during the week she lives and works in
Manhattan, about 2 hours drive away. This morning we took another walk
around town before heading back to the boat for an afternoon of maintenance. The
island Indigo has to keep running.
  With Tom & Kaye at the Dockside Bar
The
neatest Fire Station ever!
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