The Peconic Puffin
A blog about a group of windsurfers and other water sports enthusiasts, and their friends. Established 1993.
Category: map
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“Heckscher State Park, field seven” never rolled off the tongue particularly well. Now it has a much better name: Joe’s Beach. Ask any of Joe Rocco’s friends and they’ll tell you how to get there. Or look it up on the Long Island Windsurfing Map. I’ve sailed at Joe’s Beach about fifteen times, and Joe…
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If you enjoy maps, check out this web site, which creates overlays of navigational maps with Google Earth. Grab the sliders to adjust how much map versus Earth you see, and to fade the labels in and out. The map here looks at the waters (the North Race) between New Suffolk and Robins Island…site of…
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Drag your cursor to move the map around. Click on the “<<” in the upper right corner for a list of sailing sites.. Use the zoom control on the left side of the map to get a closer look. Locations in purple are the principal launches that the Puffins (and most East End windsurfers) use. …