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154/ [[vertical annotation in left margin written in red]] ION [[/vertical annotation]] red one week ago with rowboat. Few or no stakes and rather invisible. Finally got past [[red underline]] Moriches [[/red underline]] without touching bottom passed one more Bridge Strong wind blowing. Cast anchor [[strikethrough]] behind [[/strikethrough]] past the bridge to take lunch All this without touching bottom a single time Our troubles began in entering [[red underline]] Quogue canal [[/red underline]] near white sand spit where there is not a single marker and where we ran aground a few feet out of the channel While trying to kedge off [[red underline]] three coast guards [[/red underline]] came in a launch and showed us channel. One kedging put us afloat and then we proceeded [[end page]] [[start page]] 155 thru narrow canal guided by a coast guard then past thru a bridge Coast guards told us to go slowly to next bridge as [[red underline]] the same bridge tender had to walk that distance after closing his bridge to open [[/red underline]] the other. We tied next to grassy bank just before old dilapidated haul bridge [[strikethrough]] very [[/strikethrough]] strong wind blowing making steering at slow speed difficult if not impossible. Then all hands. [[red underline]] 3 coast guards [[/red underline]] bridge tender and Lewis had to turn alternatively both sides of the two hauls [[strikethrough]] with [[/strikethrough]] lifted with [[red underline]] 4 (!) separate winches !! a long and painful operation [[/red underline]] It looked to me as if bridge would fall apart in the