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Fuel Prices at Norwalk Cove

89 Octane Gas

$3.10/gal &

Diesel $ 2.65 /gal
*Prices subject to change

Weather:

Sat, Sept 5th
Mostly Sunny
High 80, Low 60

Tides:

H 11:39 am L 6:11 pm

Sunday, Sept 13th

Cloudy, Rain?

High 70's, Low 50's
Tides:
L 6:21 am H 12:21 pm

Wear Sunscreen !

Click for LINKS

Norwalk Cove Web Cam

Cove Weather Station

(Click, then hit refresh on your browser)

Intellicast Radar

Safe to Swim ?

Cove Store Hours

Mon - Sun 8:00 - 6:00

Cove Fuel Dock Hours

Daily 8:00 - 6:00

weather permitting

Captains Cup Hours

Fri - Mon
7:00 - 3:00
weather permitting

Rex Store Hours

Mon - Fri 8:00 - 5:30
Sat 8:00 - 5:00

Sun 9:00 - 3:00

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Boating Videos

35 MPH and
1092 feet long ??

Crazy Boat Traffic

Marine AIS in LIS

Too Big to Fit ?

Cove Mini Golf is OPEN !

Fall Hours
Fri 3 pm - 10 pm
Sat 10 am - 10 pm
Sun 10 am - 9 pm

- weather permitting -

NOTE: Closed during the Norwalk boat show weekend

Please call if the weather
is 'iffy'..... 203-853-8282

Mercury Marine Update

As a Certified Mercury Marine Dealer and Repair Center, Rex Marine offers, sales, service and genuine Mercury parts to make your boating painless and trouble free.

Introducing

The Longshore Pavilion

at Norwalk Cove

The Inn at Longshore is now hosting all events at the former Ascension Beach Club (Harborview) site at Norwalk Cove.

We welcome them as the exclusive caterers for all affairs.

To book your next event, please call
203-226-3316
or click... HERE

The Origin of

Nautical Terms:

Honey Barge: Sailors nickname for a barge used for collecting trash and other garbage from vessels "anchored out" in port (XIX). In recent years, a name for the holding tank pump out boat.

Duffle (or Duffel)

A name given to a sailor's personal effects, principal clothing and to the seabag which carried it all. The term comes from the Flemish town of Duffel, near Antwerp, and denotes a rough woolen cloth made there.

Rummage

An old term for the arrangement of casks in a vessel's hold, and later, of any cargo. (XVI) Possibly from the French term arrumage (arrangement) and has nothing to do with rum. The term rummage sale was originally used for a dockside sale of unclaimed or unpaid-for cargo

Vol. 5.33

THIS WEEKEND

38th ANNUAL
NORWALK OYSTER FESTIVAL

Fri, Sept 11th 6:00 - 11:00pm

Sat, Sept 12th 11:00 - 11:00pm

Sun, Sept 13th 11:00 - 8:00pm

The Oyster Festival in Norwalk this year features:

Fri - John Cafferty and the
Beaver Brown Band

Sat - Dennis DeYoung: The Music of STYX

Sun - Smash Mouth

Info and Tickets... HERE

Store Specials

Cove Store:

RinseKit SALE

The revolutionary RinseKit is a portable pressurized shower/clean up system that's like having a hose to go!

Reg $ 89.95

NOW $ 79.95

See the RinseKit

video... HERE

Cove Store

Take an extra 20% OFF Fins, Masks and Snorkels by HEAD

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Rex Store:

Take 20% off
Gill Foul Weather Gear or UV Tec Shirt

The UV Tec shirt features:

- 50+ UV protection

- Lightweight technical fabric

- Wicks moisture away from skin and dries quickly

- Can be used as baselayer

It's boat show time !

Newport Boat Show Sept 17-20 Web Site

Norwalk Boat Show* Sept 24 -27th Web Site

Annapolis US Sailboat Show Oct 8 - 12th Web Site

Annapolis Powerboat Show Oct 15 - 18th Web Site

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*Norwalk Cove Raftup Information

The Cove raft-up for the boat show is Sat. Sept. 19'th. Non-raft-up boats must be out of their slips by 8:00 am. Plan on moving back to your slip after 4:00 on Wednesday the 30th. Please remember that all dock boxes, hoses, cables and dock lines must go! Any questions? Call Val the Dockmaster
(203) 838-5899 val@norwalkcove.com

Take a Day Trip to Stamford

Amazingly different by water!

Stamford, Connecticut's deep, protected harbor has long been hailed as a destination for racing sailors, with Stamford Yacht Club hosting the prestigious Block Island and Vineyard Races, and the Breakwater Irregulars hosting their weeknight racing series just outside Stamford Harbor since 1967.

However, in the last five years, the waterfront on both the east and west branches of the harbor has been transformed into a bustling public space with a dozen new restaurants, miles of public boardwalks, and a packed calendar of events. Numerous transient slips, a free water taxi, on-site parking and free trolley service to and from the Stamford Transportation Center and Downtown Stamford combine to make the area easy to access, whether by boat, car or foot.

See the rest of the Windcheck Magazine article about Stamford... HERE (complete with controversial comments following)

See the latest CT DEEP Stamford boatyard news... HERE

Next Weekend

Newport International Boat Show

Running Thursday through Sunday, Sept 17 - 20, this prestigious event encompasses 13 acres of Newport's famed waterfront with all makes and models of powerboats and sailboats ranging from 16 ft. to 100 ft. - ready for boarding and review.

On the land side, an array of marine products and services to enhance the boating lifestyle. Domestic and international dealers and manufacturers will be on hand to provide you with valuable information and answers to all your questions. With numerous countries represented - it truly is an international event.

Click HERE for details and tickets

Blues Traveler Concert - Last Sunday at Bayley Beach

Last Sunday a huge crowd of beach goers and a hundred or so boats anchored off Rowayton's Bayley Beach for the final concert of the Summer concert series sponsored by the Rowayton Civic Association.

The group Blues Traveler gave a great concert that was easily heard by the boats offshore. Note to self... add this concert series to next summer's "go by boat" list !!

Great drone shot from Michael Siek

Click HERE for more photos

Greenwich Sail and Power Squadron

Piloting Course

Start date:

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Start Date: Tues. Sept. 29th
When: 7.00 - 9.00 pm for 6 Tuesdays

Where: Greenwich Police HQ,

11 Bruce Place, Greenwich
Cost: $ 115.00 per student

(includes manuals, plotting tools, chart)

Get more info... HERE

Keeping Up With Technology...

Is hard these days... it's moving sooo fast!

For example, I loaded Navionics mobile charting software onto an android tablet, connected it via WiFi to a Sonarphone T-Box (WiFi depth sounder unit with transducer) and learned to MAKE MY OWN CHARTS !! in an hour or so. Amazing!

Imagine going into a poorly charted area and sending your dinghy ahead equipped with this

tiny box, battery, a transducer and tablet (in a water proof sleeve) and making detailed charts so you could bring your boat in safely. Of course, that assumes someone hasn't beaten you there and already uploaded their chart into the SonarChart website where Navionics compared & merged it to other boaters data and included it in their last chart update! Really amazing!

Check to see if your existing plotter is capable of doing this and displaying the info on your phone or tablet.

Keep up with the technology - there are great things in the pipeline... Here are the links:

Navionics Mobile: http://www.navionics.com/en/mobile-pc-app-1

SonarPhone: http://www.navionics.com/en/sonarphone

SonarChart Live: http://www.navionics.com/en/sonarchart-live

East End Maritime Festival Sept 25-27

The East End Seaport Museum's Maritime Festival is a weekend long celebration of the East End's nautical history.

For the past 25 years, the East End Seaport Museum and Marine Foundation has celebrated the nautical history of the east end of Long Island. Last year over 40,000 guests enjoyed this celebration in the historic Village of Greenport.