An October afternoon on the eastern Sound with EcoTravel: don’t miss it!

The Morgan Point Lighthouse is one of many you’re likely to see on the October 13 cruise. Photo by Patrick J. Lynch.

September 9, 2024—There are a thousand interesting things to see on the eastern end of Long Island Sound, but it’s difficult to experience them unless you happen to own a boat.

Or unless you make a date to head out with our EcoTravel team.

They’re leading an afternoon cruise around the lighthouses, seal rocks, and little-known islands of that wildest part of the most domesticated body of salt water in the western hemisphere, as F. Scott Fitzgerald called the Sound.

It’s scheduled for Sunday, October 13, from 3 to 6:30 p.m., out of New London, aboard the Cecelia Ann, a 143-foot catamaran.

Reserve a spot now. The cost is only $75 per person (non-refundable). Click HERE!

Count on seeing Race Rock, Bug Light and Little Gull. You’ll pass Plum Island and cross the roiling waters of Plum Gut and The Race. There are 16 lighthouses out there and, depending on the weather, you can count on seeing most if not all of them.

Plus harbor seals and gray seals, and potentially some seabirds, including shearwaters, Northern Gannet, Common Eider, gulls, terns, and more.

You’ll see the wildest parts of the Sound, but you won’t be roughing it.

The Cecelia Ann has ample space—two comfortable inside passenger areas with panoramic windows and a full outdoor sundeck. It’s equipped with a computer-controlled ride control system, and cruises very smoothly on its double hull. Included in the celebration are catered hors d’oeuvres, interesting narration, complimentary parking, and a cash bar.