On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:33:11 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:10:53 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

Subs are always escorted out of near harbor areas and an exclusion zone for
other boat traffic is strictly enforced.

It's not uncommon to see them coming and going near the eastern end of
Long Island Sound without an escort. There's an exclusion zone near
Fishers Island which I presume is where they are suposed to surface.
They are a strange sight the first time you see one running at speed
with just the conning tower visible.

The "sub bouy" is located SE of a line from Montauk Light, through SW
Ledge to Lewis Pt at Block Island. That's where they submerge or
surface for the run into New London.

Under the new rules, the CG now clears out the area prior to surfacing
and they provide an exclusion zone by escort from Gull Island Shoal on
a line to Race Rock. I think it's 500 yards - 1/3 of a mile.

You hear draggers and commercial operators in the area contacted by
subs all the time - how they do it, I'm not at all sure, but you hear
them call on 16 and move off to another channel. There they establish
direction of travel, speeds and what not. I don't think I've ever
heard them not be very accomodating to the commercial guys.

One of the reasons they wanted to down size the sub base at New London
was the Race choke point.