July 22, we still had things to do in town to resupply, so we decided we would set off a bit later today. We caught a water taxi and were back into town. West Marine, grocery stores and the hardware store. I need a portable cigarette lighter inverter. The magic smoke in the 1750 watt inverter we have onboard came out and it was no longer working. A small portable inverter was needed to run laptops, etc on a small scale, till I was home and able to replace it. With the boat resupplied, we got a return water taxi and were off to our next spot at Port Jefferson, NY. $25 again as it was now a new day, but $50 for less than 24 hours isn't much of a deal for a free mooring. Guess I should've sorted the dingy out.
Upon entering Port Jefferson harbour, I decided to top up on fuel at the docks, but they had no form of payment available. Another boat arriving at the same time was in distress due to not having any fuel left. This was a top up for us, so less of a concern. I feel that this was a byproduct of COVID as businesses starting to fail had services cut off, such as debit/credit machines. It's hard to run a marine business if there are very few boaters out on the water. We asked, but they were also not able to do a pumpout.
With no fuel top up, we headed over to moor at Port Jefferson Yacht Club. This is a nice little club, with showers available and water taxis. We took turns going in to shower, got supper ready and had a few sundowners. I paid the water taxi guy the nightly fee at his dock tie up, then got the wifi and shower password. There was a concert going on in the park that evening, and the harbour was busy with tour boats, and the ferry that came and went. We ran out of evening quickly it seemed and we were done for another day, a little closer to home.
Upon entering Port Jefferson harbour, I decided to top up on fuel at the docks, but they had no form of payment available. Another boat arriving at the same time was in distress due to not having any fuel left. This was a top up for us, so less of a concern. I feel that this was a byproduct of COVID as businesses starting to fail had services cut off, such as debit/credit machines. It's hard to run a marine business if there are very few boaters out on the water. We asked, but they were also not able to do a pumpout.
With no fuel top up, we headed over to moor at Port Jefferson Yacht Club. This is a nice little club, with showers available and water taxis. We took turns going in to shower, got supper ready and had a few sundowners. I paid the water taxi guy the nightly fee at his dock tie up, then got the wifi and shower password. There was a concert going on in the park that evening, and the harbour was busy with tour boats, and the ferry that came and went. We ran out of evening quickly it seemed and we were done for another day, a little closer to home.