Great South Bay
A 5 foot draft is fairly risky in the bay. I've been on this bay for 20 years, everybody hits bottom at some time. I have a 4 foot draft and scrape the bottom entering some harbors if it's not high tide. Watch hill is a great place to go, it's at the east end of the bay across from Patchogue 20 dollars a night for a slip (don't use E dock, because of your 5 ft draft). The Connetquot River is a great anchorage, Don't go too far north up the river and stay east of the center on your way in. There are a couple of good restaurants on the river, and a few good ones on the Patchogue River as well. Ocean Beach is a nice town, with stores and restaurants. Watch the charts carefully, what looks like open water can be very shallow. Good luck
