The possibility of the inhabitants of Long Island is that there is nothing like the cruise of the Great South Bay in the roots rooted in the Mediterranean cement. You can provide a substitute for aquatic life for their views and easily recruit the viewpoint of tourists in the area the visitor calls home. It was this philosophy that I invited me from the land to the sea with the "Moon Chaser" excursion boat from Captree State Park in late July.
"The Captree State Park (itself) is located at the eastern end of the narrow coast known as Jones Beach Island.The ideal location at the crossing of the Fire Island entrance and State Boat Channel is East Coast's Easy access to the best bay and sea fishing area and provide a very beautiful view of Great South Bay. Fire Island Lighthouse, Fire Island Coast Guard Station, Water Tower, Robert Moses State Park, Inlet Span Bridge, Fire Island It is located in the western end of.
The park has a snack bar, a full-service restaurant with a maritime theme, a feeding factory, and two fishing pier for onshore launch.
This dry blue 80 degree day area talked about summer in Long Island. The air splashed, filled with seagulls that flew through the group and the scent of the ocean. Most of the parking lots on the concrete side were fishing vessels' largest fleet on Long Island, but in fact the captain's "Eddie B" III "," Spectrum "," North Star II "," Bay Princess II "etc. Can be mentioned.
Water wrapped in the deck. Seagull sang. A fishing rod was thrown out by anyone as if he had set up his third weapon.
The blue and white 'Moon Chaser' ship, designed and built by Blount Marine Corporation in Warren, Rhode Island, launched in 1982, showed a 65 ft. Growth aimed at my sea voyage and restaurants It was tied to the furthest pier from the complex of the.
A short line in front of the mobile ticket booth that occurred every Wednesday and Thursday afternoon in the summer showed about 25 supplements on today's trip.
A troublesome engine grinding informs the departure at 13:00, followed by a simple backward swing prior to a 180 degree rotation, followed by a passage lined by a buoy when the Captree Boat Basin retreated on a sun shield It was.
While the two inbound ships "Laura Lee" and "Captree Princess" were approaching, two other fishing sightseeing ship operated by imitating the course of "Moon Chaser".
Calm down to a gentle swing, "Moon Chaser" itself slid over the shining blue bay, lining up with the Island of Fire Island National Shishaar.
Long Island itself, one of the slices of locally produced bread, is guaranteed to be protected from the Atlantic by a 45 - mile long Great South Bay sandwiched between continents. It is the eastern part and the western end of Fire Island.
The native of the area was Melody, but the earliest settlers were those who lived in Europe in the 17th century and based on boating fishing such as Lindenhurst, Babylon, Islip, Oakdale, Sayville, Bayport, Blue Point , Passegow, Bellport, Shirley, Mastic Beach and so on.
To dig up the other bright day, the lens at the top of the black and white pilot island lighthouse was blown off diagonally towards it and blew along the starboard sand and scrub coastline.
The "Princess of the Island" who had been anchored at a distance looked like an uninterrupted pattern of protruding fishing rods stretched around the deck and went to the harbor.
When Congress designated 26 miles of the fire island to the coast of the country on September 11, 1964, that narrow land today includes 17 housing communities New York State today only the federal government has wilderness, ocean and land habitat, There are wildlife, beaches, recreational facilities and several historic sights.
Looking at yourself, it 's a visitor "Please lurk in the fascinating collage of coastal life and history". The rhythmic wave, high sand dunes, ancient ocean forests, historical buildings and wildlife seemingly glimpsed Fire Island was a special place for various plants, animals, and centuries of people. Apart from the pressures of big city lives, the dynamic barrier island beach provides loneliness and friendship, spiritual revival. "
The Statue of Liberty was a symbolic entrance to New York Harbor, but the Fire Island Lighthouse was a real thing since the 19th century. It carries millions of European settlers from the Atlantic ship and the ancient world to the New World.
The 74-foot-high building originally built for this purpose is a creamy octagonal pyramid of the blue split stone of the Connecticut river built at the end of the island in 1826 and must always be marked at the entrance But, in 1857 Congress borrowed 40 thousand dollars for 168 ft cream-colored yellow exchanges equipped with a red brick tower and when first lit on November 1 of the following year, the original was It was built in that area.
On September 20, 1938, in order to supply fuel to the four concentric circular funk lamps housed in the first order Fresnel lens, whale oil, land oil, mineral oil, kerosene, 1 It flashes in minute intervals.
However, like many historical devices, it has entered a period that is seen to be a full cycle later.
It was abolished as navigational aid on December 31, 1973, but it was replaced by inappropriate facsimile. Robert Moses State Park Small flash tube optics set on top of the water tower. However, its peculiar oceanic radiance did not serve any purpose for the Great South Bay ship. Support of private citizens increased momentum in the late 1970s and formed the Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Association in 1982.
After the important fundraising was restored in 1939, it was registered in the National Historic Register in 1984 and completed its cycle and after two years it revived as an official voyage aid as a guide light on Memorial Day, when it was over The bay.
Today, two 1000 watt counterclockwise turning light bulbs provide a blinking every 7.5 seconds and can be seen up to 24 miles away.
Apart from the US lighthouse service, supplementary service established a unique station not far from the location of its own lighthouse itself built at the western end of the island in 1848. Both of them were designed to patrol the coastline for storms, isolation, clogging, fragile rescue. The latter was mainly done by volunteer Bayman and farmer between October and May.
Seven such stations historically lined up on Fire Island by 1854.
Their value was never underestimated but more than 7,000 people were rescued from 721 ship between 1871 and 1915.
After immersing the deer on the dark blue surface, "Moon Chaser" spits bubbling white reaction from the side each time the bow enters the water. A thin cloud fog like whipped cream hung the East sky.
When continuing in Fire Island in parallel, the boat cruised past that community like a notch that was silently carved. From Robert Moses State Park, I passed Kismet, Salutear and Fair Harbor.
For those who would like to eat lunch on board, there were several options before sailing at the Captree snack bar. The upper, ocean-themed restaurant, Captree Cove; prepare what is deprived or bring passenger pride lunch. To select the latter and to maintain the natural sea of the cruise and the theme of the sky, I took a vegetarian approach, enjoyed cream cheese with date nut bread, and stirred cheese puff with one of the main deck tables . Chips, refreshing drinks and alcoholic beverages were purchased from the same level bar, but many people opted to take them to the canopied sun deck.
The Fire Island community continued sliding down from the starboard side: Ocean Beach, Seaview, Ocean Bay Park.
The latter, which was conceived as a community for the retired New York City police and firefighters, would like to inform the residents of "Area · Backyard" when gas distribution and international travel restrictions are necessary during World War II There was a request for an alternative plan. # 39; Woods 'family members planned when using this temporary vacation resort' s first seed as a later gathering place.
Adopting a partially established foundation, the community refurbished the existing Coast Guard Station into modern Fire Island Hotel and Frings Restaurant, redesigned them and reflected accurate self-description.
"The architecture of Ocean Bay Park is modest, but it has personality," he said.
All residential streets were named after the lake.
Given its compact 350 homes, services are particularly abundant, including grocery stores, bicycle stores, tennis courts, 2 hotels, several restaurants. The latter type of flynn has its own 50 slip marine and is the destination of "Moon Chaser" on the weekday night you chose for the package containing the lobster buffet dinner.
Again, Ocean Bay Park is a small town with a great personality, mainly a share house lives and knows how to blow off the beach barbecue. The reputation of rioting weekend warriors is reinforced by serious drinking and night dancing at Flynn, Schooner, The Inn Between. "The slow, unrestricted lifestyle of the town is highly appreciated by the young tenant's wave, especially seeking beach party environment.
As a halfway point, I marked Moonboaser's "180 degree arc aimed at the harbor, swinging like a seesaw, negotiating after going through a speedboat." The birthplace of the bay shore went through the conquest and I sat on the dock of the ocean bay park.
Maintaining the heading on the west, leaving a white and brown green churn behind the stern, it headed for the builder resembling the Robert Moses bridge spreading in the bay and lining far. Following the natural tug of war, the passengers on the upper floors saw the wind blown off.
"Moon · Chaser," which slides down the surface resembling a pale blue glass, passes to the left of the East and West fire islands and slows down speed before eagles enter the buoy line channel.
Now it was only a few knots per hour, started with the left arm facing the basin, and it came in contact with the Captree dock which departed an hour and a half ago.
As I left the boat, I refreshed the air in many ways, by rediscovering my life's residents as air, sun, sea, wind, and landscape - especially as a temporary tourist. In the season when I spent the summer at Great South Bay in Long Island, I used my backyard.
