8/7/07 – I slept in this morning and took a shower at the marina. I left at about 8:45am and found out that Long Island Sound was completely becalmed. I continued to motor all morning and the air began to get hazier. All of the sudden a thick bank of fog rolled in and engulfed the boat. I got out the air horn and sounded it at least once a minute to make my presence known to any other boaters in the area to avoid collisions. I heard several boats respond with their horns but only saw two of them when we passed very close to each other. I used my compass and my GPS to carefully navigate from one navigational aid to another until I arrived in Niantic Bay. I chose an anchorage that was right in between to major rocks in a spot that I was certain that no large or fast moving boats would be coming through because I knew that they would not be able to see me until the last minute.
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