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Cam's idea of motoring with the mast down 'inside' all the way to Shinnecock bay sounds like the least risky way. Check out this chart of the GSB: http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/OnLineViewer.html
(select chart 12353 from the Atlantic Coast)
I am pretty sure that small motor boats (read, shallow draft) can go this route. I don't see why a Catalina 22 couldn't do it with the mast on deck and center board up.
Local knowledge would be helpful as I am more of a North Shore/LI Sound sailor.
Once through the Shinnecock Canal raise the mast and you are practically home.
Of course it would be much more exciting to go out FI Inlet and enter Shinnecock Inlet via the Atlantic. I have experienced FI Inlet and do not recommend it for a maiden voyage. The waves were 10' + breakers as we entered the ocean on an ebbing tide (MacGregor 26S). Best to hit these inlets near slack tide and getting them both timed exactly would be difficult. On the inside you would be more at risk of finding the bottom.
Let's see what other South Shore sailors/power boaters have to say.
Congrats on your C22.
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