Chartwork # 1

Welcome to the “Western Long Island Sound” Chart

Over the next few weeks your textbook’s homework questions will refer to the standardized chart of the imaginary Bowditch Bay, found just inside the back cover of your text book.

At the same time, each week you will receive a few sample questions that may be answered with reference to the Western Long Island Sound Chart. These supplemental questions and answers, although important to your working knowledge of the local area, will not appear on the standardized exam.

This week, please review the Connecticut shore and Long Island’s North Shore - to become familiar with the major harbors and aids to navigation.

Try to find the following landmarks and aids in our local area:

Flagpole at Long Neck Point

Buoy G”1” Fl G 4 s West of Long Neck Point, entrance to Darien Harbor

Buoy G”1” Fl G 2.5s GONG East of Little Captain Island (Greenwich)

Five Mile River

Green’s Ledge Light(house)

Sheffield Island

The Norwalk Channel

The Stack at Manresa Island (Power Company Stack)

Peck Ledge

Cable and Anchor Reef

Smith Reef

Holly Pond

Shippan Point (Stamford)

R”32” (South of The Cows)

Across the Sound - be sure you can find:

Oyster Bay Harbor

Cold Spring Harbor

The Sand Hole at Lloyd Point

Huntington Bay

Eatons Neck Point

The Coast Guard Station at Eatons Neck (CG 144ft 17M HORN)

Buoy G”1” Fl G 2.5s that is west of Eatons Neck

Northport Bay

Crane Neck

Old Field Point

Port Jefferson

We hope this has been an enjoyable trip - in the next few weeks you will be working on some piloting exercises among these landmarks and aids to navigation. Good Luck - Enjoy your cruise !