Sag Harbor, NY

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We are planning to visit Sag Harbor, NY in a couple of weeks. Can anyone recommend a good marina convenient to downtown? Also, we will be coming down from Newport and would like to hear from others the best way to get there. I am thinking that it is best to avoid the open sound and go coastal along the RI coast and then turn SW along Fishers Island. Love to hear from others who have done this trip. Thanks !

JHC
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Newport, RI
 
How you get there should depend on the wind/wave/fog conditions. If it is clear and calm, I would head straight into the fishtale from Newport.
 
Malloy's and Sag Harbor Yacht Club are right in town.

Unless there is a strong Northerly blowing there is no need to hug the shore. I suppose that in a heavy SW sea you might run inside Fishers Island and into LI sound for some protection, but that is adding many miles to the voyage. Straight shot from Pt. Judith to Gardiners Island is the shortest route, but you have to watch the weather in BI Sound.
 
Waterfront is where we stayed I think.
Nice place.
Plan to feel like the smallest boat around!
 
From Newport, definitely take the inside route between Fishers and Connecticut. Scenic, calmer and many places to tuck in if the weather goes to crap. You can cut between Fishers and Plum Island near Gull Island. Pay attention. There are rocks. Or just say along the CT shore and go through Plum Gut. Near the entrance to Sag, don't turn at the first buoy and run aground like lots of people do. It is the other one you want.

Plenty of marinas at Sag. Bring $$$. I just anchor past the bridge.
 
Did this trip last year from Narragansett Bay. Block is a good stop over to break up the trip if you want. I don't think there's any reason to hug the shore. It doesn't improve sea conditons. You can run straight from Castle Hill toward Montauk. Sag is a nice town. In my view, not as nice as Newport, Edgartown, or Nantucket but still nice. Sag Harbor Yacht Club is supposed to be very nice but expensive. Town facilities are very clean if you decide to do a mooring which is what we did. Lots of Mega Yachts but you're used to that in Newport. We actually liked Greenport, NY better. Bigger town with more to do. Not quite as high end. Only about 20min away by boat. Well worth a visit.
 
The Waterfront Marina was the most expensive marina (outside of the Bahamas) that we've stayed out. My 48' was like a dingy there.

Nice town, plenty of places to eat, some nice stores to browse in if that's your thing.

One night was enough for me.
 
Another - less expensive way to experience Sag Harbor is to anchor in the pond past the bridge, and take your ding. Good holding there, a short ride to the town docks. Don't cut the last buoy as mentioned. Good restaurants, sight seeing, shopping, and a Whaling Museum are there. Lots of mega yachts, very upscale - enjoy.
 
I thought Nantucket had the highest transient rates till we booked two nights at Sag Harbor Yacht Club. Great stay, excellent food and atmosphere, worth the stop -- gonna go back sometime.

We took a straight line from SAG to Pt Judith then up into the Bay with no worries, as others have stated, watch the weather especially fog and enjoy.
 
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