Saturday Aug 2, 2025 Day in Greenport

 

Deb here. We woke up to a spectacular blue sky day with temps promised to be in the 70’s. We had coffee and tea on the boat and then cleared out, since Hannah and Erick’s first charter took off at 10. We had fun watching people board and then the process of departure. Hannah has to push Bonnie Lynn with the dinghy so she can spin around and make it out of the narrow harbor. Quite a process.

John and I walked into Greenport. First stop was for bagels and coffee/tea at Goldberg’s. There was quite a line but we found a table on the porch and enjoyed people watching.

By this time it was close to 11 and we walked to the East End Seaport Museum. It’s a small museum but filled with lots of interesting local info. There was an exhibit about Frank Mundus, the monster shark hunter who was the inspiration for Quint in “Jaws”. Frank was also Pat Mundus’s dad, and Pat had sold Surprise to Erick and Hannah. There was also lots of info about menhaden, a historically important fish to this area. Who knew?!

We then walked to the Railroad Museum in town and met George, the volunteer there who was a wealth of info. A small museum, but they also had an original 1927 caboose outside and hearing about how that had operated was fascinating.

We walked on around town with a stop at the I.G.A., then back to the dock. Hannah and Erick’s first charter was done by this time and they’d been left with sandwiches so we hung out there a bit. After they departed with the second group at 2:30 we put on our bathing suits and headed to Norman Klipp beach for a quick swim. Back to the office for showers, then walked over to Billy’s for drinks. Billy’s is in the marina and has a Florida Keys vibe with fun live music and lots of locals.

By this time Hannah and Erick were coming in from their afternoon charter. After cleaning up we walked to their friends Steve and Elizabeth’s home, who’d invited us all for dinner. It was a beautiful evening sitting outside with wonderful friends and delicious food. Erick had prepared a seafood platter appetizer with shrimp cocktail, oysters and whitefish dip, and Steve had made halibut, rice and salad, followed by a berry tart baked by Elizabeth. By the time we waddled back to the boat it was 11. Another perfect day!