i can confirm that sailing conditions were awsome July 31st.
Lower Bay, NYC winds S/E at 20+ kn steady. Stupidly single handing an
unreefed Freedom 36. Got beat to hell, but lord it was geat.

Yup...calmed down a bit after 6, then picked up again for a while. My boat was
so bloody crowded, but we had lots of rail meat. I sailed into Manhasset bay to
get a bitof protection so we could safely cut a watermelon.

RB