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5 unusual facts about Barmet Bay


A Figure in Hiding

Then the boys take their boat, the Sleuth out on Barmet Bay for a ride and to watch the testing of a new hydrofoil boat named the Sea Spook.

Barmet Bay

Barmet Bay (according to The Shore Road Mystery, While the Clock Ticked, and other older titles) is horseshoe-shaped, and stretches about three miles from its mouth at the Atlantic Ocean to its shores along the fictional town of Bayport.

In the original series, smuggling (opium and silk, for example in The House on the Cliff) is one of the most common crimes that the Hardy Boys combat, and many stories involve explorations and chase scenes around Barmet Bay and its environs.

While research links it to the actual town of Bayport, New York, the original Hardy Boys series never specifies the exact location.

The Missing Chums

As Frank and Joe are instructing Biff on the handling of the craft in Barmet Bay, another boat occupied by three men menaces them, nearly causing Envoy to collide with two sailboats.



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