

The wind began to pick up around 3:00 so we quickly headed for the boat and motored out in hopes of a full afternoon and evening of sailing. No sooner did we turn the corner of Spectacle when a sudden fog covered Long Island just to the right of us. We could see the fog was coming in fast and headed into the harbor not bothering to raise the sails. By the time we came around the front of Spectacle the harbor could no longer be seen. It was a dense fog with maybe 40 feet visibility. We switched on the running lights, grabbed the fog horn and listened and watch intently for vessels as we tracked our path to the channel on the gps.
Once past Castle Island, the fog suddenly cleared and the harbor was fully visible once again. We were bummed that we missed the opportunity to sail for the evening, but of course did not know the fog would pass so quickly and thought better to be safe than sorry.