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We do this run several times a season. Where you stay of course is a function of the expected wind at night and the angle you need to make on the wind while sailing. On the south shore of LIS we like Northport. You can pick up a mooring from the Yacht Club or anchor just outside their mooring field. The area is very well protected though, a correlary of this is that its about 45 minutes to and from the main track west to NY Harbor. On the CT side, anchoring inside of Shefield Island near Norwalk is pretty good in a north or south wind. I would enter from the west since Eastern approaches can be a bit dodgey. Further west I'd pick up a YC mooring in Stamford or City Island. As a member of course, I'll steer you to the City Island YC. Of course this time of year launch service wherever you go is limited.
Key to your whole run is timming the tides through the race. The cruise down the East River is quite spectacular though we found the Hudson a bit of a bear given the amount of traffic and the erratic chop created by all the vessels transiting these waters.
Stay at the 79th boat basin. It's about $40 per night I think.
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