Your original story said nothing about being stormy,


It was. In fact we skirted T-storms the whole way and the entrance was
very choppy.


but did say it
was something like 2 in the morning.


Yup, very late and we were very tired.

Not much traffic at that hour!

Actually there was a quite a bit of traffic as we went through.

Ferries stop running at 9 PM in the summer, and it is still light
out
at that time.

The ferry was sleeping.

You also said you sailed back and forth several times trying to
figure
it out.

I sail past the entrance, the came back around, overshot it a bit and
went through. Technically I guess that's several times.

Once again, it's a well marked, well lit approach.

It was very dark. Our C&C was bouncing around in the chop. We were
tired. We wanted to be safe. We were.

There's
really nothing tricky about it if you had a chart.

We had charts, GPS and radar.

There are a set of
red and green flashing buoy's outside, (the red is also a bell)

Yep,


followed by very substantial flashing towers (30 footers!) marking
the
actual opening.

They were not operating at the time. Let me know if they are now.


he smoke stacks with red flashers at the head are
another obvious reference point for figuring out your position.

Yep.

On a
clear summer night, you can see them from New Haven Harbor quite
easily. :')

It was quite clear the next morning.



RB
35s5
NY