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SYC Cruising |
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A cruising schedule is established every year at the SYC. The program includes several weekend cruises to nearby ports, and two or three longer summer cruises to more distant harbors such as Newport, Nantucket, and Cape Cod.
Advance planning encompasses course information, docking, and mooring guidelines, and a planned social event for participating members. Setauket Yacht Club, Inc., maintains reciprocal privileges with many area yacht clubs offering docking, launch service, showers, and dining facilities at reasonable prices.
Setauket Yacht Club, Inc., generally launches four planned cruises each season, with three on the "big weekends" and our now traditional Cruise to Nowhere. Each cruise is planned and led by an experienced cruiser, with bar-b-ques, picnics, and restaurants selected by the leaders. The leader gets to pick the destination and plan the fun.
Our Memorial Day cruise keeps the distances short since this is usually a shakedown for most of the just launched boats. We sail to hospitable yacht clubs, explore local New York or Connecticut ports, and gather for social meals and cocktail parties and compare lists of all the items we forgot on this early cruise.
| A rather unusual cruise is the SYC Cruise to Nowhere, held irregularly on Father's Day weekend. For this cruise, we pretend we don't live here, sail the local waters and gather in the best cruising harbor in the east--Port Jefferson! We dink in for a picnic on the beach, overnight in the harbor, and have breakfast and Sunday newspapers delivered to each boat in the morning. For those with Father's Day plans, it is a short motor home on Sunday morning with plenty of time for visits with parents and children. Those with no plans can enjoy a lazy morning or an early sail. |
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In recent years, our July 4th cruise has actually been on the week before the holiday. We have been visiting Branford, Connecticut to watch their spectacular pre-July 4th fireworks. We have a bar-b-que on Saturday evening, with some boats leaving for their summer cruises and others sailing home on Sunday.
Summer cruises find most boats heading for points East on one, two, or three week vacations. SYC boats often meet in our favorite ports like Block Island, Martha's Vinyard, and Nantucket.
Labor Day weekend
ends the formal cruise program, with a three day mini-vacation to two local ports. Past
destinations have been to yacht clubs in Oyster Bay, Stamford, Northport, and Huntington.
In between the Club cruises, SYC boats can be found criss-crossing the sound on most weekends, searching for the perfect sail, the best harbor, the finest restaurant, and ICE CREAM! Any experienced cruiser can tell you the location of the ice cream parlors in each port and will provide ratings of each one.
Club members are always available to discuss cruise plans, give advice, and coordinate cruise schedules. Call a cruiser, or come down to the Club on Thursday evenings when an intrepid group of eaters (bring your own dinner) and talkers (bring a pair of ears and a mouth) gather most Thursdays. Any of us will be happy to talk sailing, cruising, social, and racing activities. In the absence of any of these interesting subjects, the discussions may have to turn to more mundane topics like politics, religion, or grandchildren.
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