Summer 2013 | Page 41

INTRO Montauk head to the west and look for the entrance to Lake Montauk. Be advised, though, that the area between Shagwong Reef and Shagwong Rock, including Washington Shoal, has minimum depths around 7 1/2 feet at extreme low tides. If by John Galluzzo you’re at all worried about striking bottom at those depths, take the extra few minutes to pass here’s something romantic about places that meet north of the buoy marking the reef. The dredged channel leading into the sea at terminal points. Montauk, at the tip of Lake Montauk sits about three miles the lower mandible of the “Eagle’s Beak,” is certainly west of Montauk Point. The channel one of those places. But as much as it’s a place for opening is marked by a red-and-white gazing seaward and pondering a life of adven \?K]8?&\?8?'x?'H?[?H ??[?]Z?K[? YH[??\??X?[H?Y[?HX?H??X?X?[]KH?\??[?H?Y?[??K??]?] ?[??]Y\??[?[??[[?HX\??Y?HHY??\?H?Z[??\???Z[???H[??\???H[??[?????[?H?[?HH[?]Z???\??X\??][???[??Y[????Y?H??\???[?H[? ? YX\???[??HX\?[H??[?]H?\?\?[?XX??X?[?ZZZ[??&\?X\?[?H?]Y??\?H?]? M??Y]X??H?XH]?[]H?[?H??\??[??HZ?K?[H[?]Z?X\?[?H\?H[??[??H?Y[????H?[?]??XK?Y?[?x?&\?H??Z[?????H[???[?H?YY[???X?K?\????\?Y\?[?[?K?????\?[? ?[?H?\?[???Y[??[?HX\??[???\??\?\?[?Y?]?[?Y[???[[?\?\[?Y\?K??[[???[?]?H??] ????ZXY??H?Y[?X[?\?x?&\?[?H??[??X?HY???H?Y[[????\?]X[?Y?[?[?HX\??Y??????Y?????YY???^[?] ??YY?H?[??\?][??[?]Z??[Y?H?]?[??\?H?H??] \??]?\? \?H[??[??H?Z?H[?]Z?H?X] \?\?Z?[??[?H?X?\??H?H??[][?]K??[\????[??Y[??]]?Y??\?K?XX???X?H????K?Y?[?\??X????HH??]\???YH???\?[?YX[???[YH?\?[???\??[Y[????[???\??\?\?]?\?HYX\?[?H?YH??[??\??[?[?]Z??[? ??]???H?Y[?H?XX?\?\?H[[??H?\?[?HX\? ?[? \?Y?[?HX\??Y8?'??'H???Y?????????H?\?[?]Z???\?]??Y][Y\?]8?&\??\???[?]H???\? ???Y?????[? [??Y\]??\?[?H?[?[????[?[???[?H?\?Y?[?\?\?B????????\Z[???ZY[XY?^?[?\???B???TRS??&T??PT?QH?RQH ? L???B??