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Wednesday, September 23. 2020

Pics from Stonington, CT

Stonington Borough (pop 929) is as boaty and salty a tiny village as can be found on the East Coast. It is also quaint as heck, almost to a fault. It's a popular summer getaway, right down the road from Westerly and Watch Hill, RI. Also, it has a sizeable retirement population because there is so much to do around there.


Its rock coast has only a postage stamp-sized beach. There is one very pleasant inn, and a yacht club.


Nice boat - a Hunt 33. Mrs. BD wants it. 





A bunch more pics below the fold - 








The village has 4 restaurants, mainly specializing in seafood. This is Noah's





Stonington has CT's only remaining large-scale commercial fishing and lobster fleet



We figure this kid must have been a cabin boy. A trip to Demarary, aka Demarara (Guinea).



Another



Grand Banks




Prop guards for sailing instructors - I like those






I love this utility cum recreational boat in center, with a mast for a staysail. A true Downeast style.



 The Breakwater Restaurant, where the view is better than the cuisine



Posted by Bird Dog in Travelogues and Travel Ideas at 16:52 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

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Dang, that water looks wet and salty!
#1 Old Codger on 2020-09-23 18:13 (Reply)
Looks kind of like John "Fonda" Kerry's motor yacht.

I wonder if Jay Leno has a boat.
#2 Tally Wagger on 2020-09-23 19:30 (Reply)
I love Stonington CT, but for a truly salty and far less cutesy seacoast village, try Stonington, Maine
#3 tim ferrell on 2020-09-23 22:08 (Reply)
Looks nice. No pic of the tiny beach, but then, I'll bet it's a little cold to swim there even in summer!
#4 jdgalt on 2020-09-23 23:39 (Reply)
Just remember the old marina saying about the two happiest days in a boat owner's life: the day he buys the boat, and the day he sells it.
#5 PubliusII on 2020-09-24 11:48 (Reply)
It is gonna get a lot quainter with the way everyone is getting the hell out of the northeast.
#6 LibDis on 2020-09-24 12:48 (Reply)
I had to look it up.
Job 27:9

A salty epitaph, in deed.
#7 gpc31 on 2020-09-24 21:11 (Reply)

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