Sub base, of a similar experience we had a few years ago. I was recently telling a friend, whose son is an engineer at the She is the third and last of the Seawolf Class of nuclear-powered attack submarines. Launch of USS Jimmy Carter in 2004 by General Dynamics Electric Boat Division, Groton, Conn. what next?!) that I didn't realize I had just found the answer to what rises under your boat, hovers for a moment, and then sinks rather rapidly away, and then hails you. I was in such shock (fog, mystery shoal, submarine. The fellow was very nice, said we were in close proximity, and asked us to please hold our course, he would be passing 100 feet off of our port bow. We are motoring very slowly now, wondering what on earth is going on and wishing we had not decided to go out that morning when we hear someone hailing us, "This is a US Naval submarine off the south west tip of gull island and south east of the race/fisher island hailing a sailing vessel off our port." He was talking to us. We are in 200 feet of water in avery short period of time. Anyway, we turn 90 degrees to get away from the mystery shoal and the depth within seconds goes to like 16 but then back down to 11! We turn 90 degrees again and suddenly the shoal drops away but really, really quickly, much faster than it appeared. If we were in a 3 knot current that suddenly is going over an 11 foot shoal from 200 feet you would think there would be some kind of serious surface effect. We are in a heavy current but it is indecipherable. If there was an 11 foot shoal in the middle of a heavily trafficked area, I would think it would be charted. Ok, we are in the Long Island Sound next to an area of 300 foot depth and we are in 11 feet of water? This is a heavily trafficked area. the navigator plots our position on a paper chart which, of course, shows exactly the same thing. 31.30.27.25.We look at the GPS and see our position: we should be over at least 200 feet of water and shortly we would be over an area that is 300 feet deep. We are in heavy fog, there are no waves, the water is utterly still, we can't see a thing, and the depth sounder is literally dropping. I mentioned it to the navigator who said emphatically that it was 'impossible', at which point I saw the GPS was literally doing a countdown. They gave the area to keep clear in latitude and longitude but I couldn't quite make it out and thought we were far enough south of the Race that it was not a problem.Ī few minutes later I happened to notice the depth sounder was reading around 50 feet, and I knew that was very unlikely. It was hailing all vessels to keep clear. Around 10 min earlier I had heard some chatter about a US Navy submarine around the Race. I was piloting, the captain was on the bow with our fog horn listening for other horns and our navigator was charting our next heading to motor south of The GPS and the chart indicated over 200 feet, as did the depth sounder (which we have never had any problem with before or since). We had passed the southwest tip ofĪnd were in deep water. We were motoring in heavy fog Monday morning. You might think I am joking but they actually hailed me afterwards and I spoke with them. All it takes is a trip on the ferry or a quick boat ride (if you or a friend have a boat, which is common) to nearby New London, Noank or Stonington.Victoria Koos Submarine conducting sea trials out of the naval submarine base in New London, CTĮver heard of anyone having a close encounter with a submarine at the Race off the end of Long Island while piloting a 36 ft sailing yacht? One nearly surfaced underneath my boat one morning in July. If you’re looking for shopping, restaurants and an array of entertainment options, then you may want to plan to take trips to the mainland on occasion – Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun, Mystic Seaport, USS Nautilus Museum, the Mystic Marinelife Aquarium and countless dining options abound just three miles to the north in Connecticut. To see what’s happening this month, check out the latest edition of the online newsletter/calendar, The Fog Horn. Throughout the year, all are welcome to partake in numerous concerts, performances, movies, parades, craft fairs and community events at the library, movie theater, school, legion hall, private homes and village green.Īnd if you’re so inclined, there are numerous events and activities that are sponsored by the Island People’s Project, Fishers Island Club, Fishers Island Yacht Club and Hay Harbor Club, and include crafts for kids, swimming, sailing, tennis, and golf lessons.
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