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boulders just outside of the channel. Once you’ve passed between Barcelona Point on the south, by John Galluzzo marked by a flashing green light, and sandy Mashomack Point to the north, find the red #8 nun f you want to party with the Captain in 2013, Sag Harbor is buoy, and the channel that will safely navigate you past extensive shoaling the place to be. On August 17, the Captain and his mates that becomes partially uncovered at will be on Haven’s Beach in Sag Harbor to kick off the second low tide. A flashing red light marks Antigua Barbuda Hamptons Challenge. The winning captain the sand spit, and just opposite of that will receive invitations to compete in the 2014 Antigua Sailing you’ll find green buoy 9A. The rocks here are known to the locals as Gull Week, with hotel, airfare, entry fees and a yacht provided free Island and should be kept at a distance. of charge for him and a crew of six. If you want to learn more, Coming around between green #11 contact us right here at the Captain’s Guide, or by visiting and a green-and-red can marked “SH,” you’ll meet the entrance to Sag Harbor, www.antiguabarbudahamptonschallenge.com. marked at the end of a long breakwater But that’s just one day in Sag Harbor. Did we mention the by a flashing green light. Head down scrimshaw, the antiquing, the luscious seafoods? the channel to the southeast and look for the Sag Harbor To find Sag Harbor, cruise down into the southwest corner Yacht Club, home of the annual Sag Harbor Charity Cup of Gardiners Bay and find a lone green #1 can buoy. To the Challenge. If you’re there at race time, don’t be surprised to west-southwest you’ll find green #3. Leave that one to port see an America’s Cup challenger or two. and do the same with Cedar Point--you can’t miss it, studded Sag Harbor was once was a place where young men as it is with its abandoned granite lighthouse and a modern paced by the docks waiting for whalers to return so they skeletal light. Follow the channel southward as it heads into might get their chance to head out on the next voyage. And Northwest Harbor. Be cautious as you work your way toward what has changed? Barcelona Point to the south, as there are a number of large Next stop, Antigua!
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