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and head to the east-southeast along Old Field Beach, a barrier beach protecting Port Jefferson Harbor. A green #1 and red #2 buoy mark the break in the thorough shoaling of by John Galluzzo the area, and the entrance to the dredged channel into Port Jefferson Harbor. ort Jeff turned its focus inward for most of the past If you’re coming from the east along decade, and the result of all of the community’s the northern Long Island shore, you hard work is a better experience for the transient won’t be able to miss Mount Misery Point. Beyond the entrance to Mount boater looking for something new, something different, Sinai Harbor, Mount Misery stands 180 something fun. feet at its apex and slopes off gradually into Long Island Sound. Sixty-foot Understanding the value of its harbor as a site of both bluffs meet the sound, accompanied by first and lasting impressions, Port Jeff unveiled changes in sand banks above White Beach, the remnants of the work of their Harborfront Park in stages, from a playground and local sand and gravel excavators. picnic area to sculptures and a waterfront promenade. Port From there, it’s a straight shot to the south end of the Jeff provides a halfway stopping point between New York harbor, and the town of Port Jefferson. The municipal City and the Hamptons (or vice versa, depending on which marina is the largest dockage in the area, 165 slips, and a direction your bow is pointing), and as a gateway to even welcome home-away-from-home for transient boaters. more fun: the Long Island Seaport and Eco Center, top-notch If you’re someone who enjoys a good party, know this: talent at Theatre Three, free outdoor movies, free summer Port Jefferson incorporated as a village in 1963, which band concerts, and so much more. Port Jeff is a community means that this year the community is throwing its yearon the grow, reaching out to passing boaters with eclectic long 50th anniversary celebration. The history goes back enticements, seeing tourism and the hospitality industry as longer than that, back to P.T. Barnum, in fact, but that the waves of the future. incorporation was an important moment. To catch that wave, round Old Field Point, if you’re Hey, any excuse for a party, right? Set your course for the coming from the west, south of the green #11A gong buoy, north shore of Long Island and join the fun this summer.
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CAPTAIN’S SEASIDE GUIDE 2013
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