North Shore or South Shore

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Originally boated on the South Shore and then sold my boat. I'm thinking of getting another one (25 foot) and was wondering if I should be on the North Shore. I live near Port Jeff and would go out from there. I wanted to see what other boaters thought of the different areas, places to go, etc. On the North side do a lot of boaters head over to CT?

Thanks,
 
Perfect sized boat to move to the deep South for winter time.
Come visit.
 
What kind of boat (open, cabin, fishing, etc)?
Trailer or dock the boat?

Places to go on the North Shore (Port Jeff area) are far and few between, in other words. lots of travel time = lot's of fuel consumption.

Walter

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I like the North Shore as well as the South Shore, what are you looking for when you go boating?
 
Most likely a pocket cruiser/cuddy type. Not sure if I want to trail, moor, (impossible to dock unless I want to wait 10 yrs) - problem with trailering is that I can't leave boat on my property, (neighborhood association). Have small kids so will want to tube, ski, etc, cruise with friends, had thoughts of heading to CT, etc. Friends have jetskis so in the past on the south shore we would anchor and then go on the jet skis.
 
When I boated on the North Shore, next peninsula west (Smithtown Bay), we had a blast tubing with my then young children. I did trailer then with a 19 foot Center console and then a 24' Bayliner that had a nice cabin and an enclosed helm.

If anchoring out, chilling, visiting the beach and tubing is what you want to do, then you should be in good shape. Shooting across to CT is definitely doable. Smithtown has two beaches (Long Beach and Short Beach)both nice, I preferred Short Beach.

Port Jeff has a nice protected cove due east of the harbor entrance, also a nice place to chill. We use to go to a restaurant in CT, forgot the name but it was straight across from the last buoy coming out of Smithtown Bay.

Basic difference for your type of boating is the North Shore has rocky beaches as opposed to sand on the South Shore. The North Shore is less congested and IMHO has more of an open space to tube and water ski.The North Shore has less places that are a hop skip and jump away. North Shore you deal with rocks, the South Shore we deal with skinny water.

As far as mooring you boat goes, be prepared to deal with seagull crap :)
Maybe you could find a local yard or place you can store the boat when your not using it.

Also,
Get the kids into fishing, there is great bluefish, stripper, fluke and black fish fishing between Port Jefferson and Huntington.

Best of Luck

Walter
 
Thanks Walter! Great Advice - Like the idea of trying to find a local yard to store it - this way if want to go to the sout shore can do it as well.
 
Your in Patchogue, why not do Leeward Cove Dry stack storage.
Now you have the best of all 3 worlds.
Boat is stored, ready to launch with a phone call, no issues with vandalism in some yard.
Trailer is stored, I think you can leave it in their yard.
When you want, call and have boat put on trailer and drive up to North Shore.
 
We're on the south shore, Blue Point, and have been thinking about moving to the North Shore, Port Jefferson or Stony Brook. There are almost no slips available in either area. My wife (and I, to be honest) won't climb up or down a six foot dock ladder at low tide in Port Jeff. To get a slip in Stony Brook, one needs to join the yaucht club ( read "expensive"). One needs to be sponsored by two members (Unfortunately, I don't know anyone who belongs.) and one needs to wait four years,on average, for "shifting slip" privileges, which means one is moved daily or weekly to whatever slip in open at the moment. No thank you. I'll stick with the South Shore for now; plenty of slips, lower costs, and nice people. Hy
 
Thanks - CurrentSea - do you know of any dry stack storage on North Shore, (we are actually in Shoreham/Wading River. Bookworm - too long of a wait on North shore for a slip and have the same problem with SBYC.
 
I don't know of any dry stack on north shore, perhaps more out east.
 
It has been a long time but I boated on both north and south, a lot. With a big boat the north is the only choice but with a day boat IMO the south is very good. There are a lot of places to go within a short distance so that you don’t have to use a lot of gas to get someplace.

To best enjoy the south don’t follow the crowds. There are many small spoil islands for picnics, swimming, clamming etc. The town resident restrictions at their facilities can be a pita but if you prefer not being at over priced marinas with junky food or the animal houses of FI you wont want to go to them anyway.
 
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