Author Archives: Dave
Port Washington
We’ve arrived at Port Washington on the north west end of Long Island. Going to grab some breakfast and sleep. You can click on the map tab and zoom in to see where we are…
Heading Out
We’re departing Block Island in about an hour (1500 Tuesday Oct 2) for the west end of Long Island, probably Port Washington. Should be there by 0800 tomorrow, eat breakfast and sleep for a few hours. There is a big Stop n Shop there so we are going to provision and plan the next leg of our trip. We’ll update … Continue reading
Pictures
Here are some pictures from Isles of Shoals through the Cape Cod Canal. Approaching Isles of Shoals on the Maine/New Hampshire border: Hotel on the southern island: Random pictures from our mooring in the harbor: Heading south from Isles of Shoals to Cape Cod Canal: Power plant inside the east end of the canal: Red … Continue reading
Block Island RI
We are anchored in Great Salt Pond, Block Island RI. We left Onset at 0730 this morning in the pouring rain, headed down the channel into Buzzard’s Bay, the sound and Block Island. We actually got to sail for several hours today, just awesome. We were doing between 6 and 7 kts with just the head sail, then the winds … Continue reading
Update
Our stay at Isles of Shoals was great but short. We stopped just long enough to take a nap and eat dinner before leaving for Cape Cod. We are trying to take advantage of the few favorable winds we can find. After a very peaceful rest we got up, ate dinner, did the dishes and … Continue reading