7/25/09 Left the Bishops and headed for North Cove. The welcome sign greeted us and invited us to pick up a mooring. Beautiful and quiet. Bill gave me a Christmas present early - new mariner's flag for the boat. Bill and Jerry went to Bill's favorite store, Defenders. The previous one went out with the winds. Dinner and hopes for another great day.
7/26/09 Heading for Branford CT. Need ice. That tricky sail batten tried to escape again. I sewed it in permanently when we arrived at Branford.All the marinas close at noon, so no answer to our requests for a mooring. We pulled up to a pier but had to move to another pier. Funny how the phones are not manned when you are looking for a mooring, but how they can find you to collect the fee every evening. Had dinner on the back porch.
7/27/09 Rain, rain making up for the past two weeks. Laid over in Branford. Walked to town. It was Sunday, no stores open. Had a nice tuna salad though. Barb cleaned the boat and reorganized. Bill checked engine, rearranged some hoses, found water leak in head. Had a couple games of cribbage.
7/28/09 Sailed and motor sailed today. The wind picked up in the afternoon to gusts of 35 mph. Decided to head for Black Rock Harbor. Picked up a tranient dock in Fayweather Marina. Bill again repaired that junk outboard pull cord (Jerry repaired it the first time). Walked to the market place in the Spanish section of Black Rock. Got back aboard just in time to avoid a heavy rain.
7/29/09 The wind is still blowing hard. Small craft warnings are still up. Headed out for groceries. Dried out the boat and everything we wore in the winds and high sea yesterday.
We have met the greatest people. Time just flies by. We hope to be going through New York, Hell's Gate, by the time I write again. Love to all.
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This is so much fun. I checked in today after being away for a couple of days and find you have made it quite far. I am trying to follow. Unfortunately we don't have a map that has little towns on the coast. I think maybe we will be back from Maine by the time you get down here. I hope so. The weather has suddenly turned cooler. 50s in the morning with upper 60's in the afternoon. Kind of unusual for the end of September. But it is beautiful and clear. Keep on trucking and I'll be watching!
ReplyDeleteBarb and Bill,
ReplyDeleteWe are trying to mark the map but are having a hard time finding some of the places you stop. Can you give us a hint next time - perhaps the town nearby the harbors (we don't have a harbor map) Hell's Gate NY sounds scary to me! Can't see on our map how you get through NY by water.
Looking forward to your next update.
Connie and Joe
I had to use Google Maps to find Hell's Gate,
ReplyDeleteTurns out it's right in NYC! I wonder if they should roll up the windows and lock the doors
when they go through?
I've been able to find some out of the way places using Google.