Tuesday, 3:30, we tied up to the dock at Robinhood. We had a beautiful day up the coast from Isles of Shoals. Warm and sunny...no wind, so we motored all day. We left at 6am. We saw no pleasure boats on the water, a few fishermen, and 4 whales!
It has been 1 week shy of 7 months since we left. We traveled approximately 4200 nautical miles, traveled through 14 states,
Maine, NH, Mass, RI, Conn, NY, NJ, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, NC,
SC, Georgia and Florida. NH, Connecticut and Delaware are the only 3 we didn't go ashore in..
In the Bahamas, we had ports-of-call in 22 different islands, starting in the Abacos with Great Sale Cay, Green Turtle Cay, Manjack Cay, Guana Cay, Treasure Cay, Marsh Harbour, Man-O-War Cay, Hopetown on Elbow Cay, Lynyard Cay. From there we went to Eleuthera and stopped at Royal Island, Pineapple Cays, and Rock Sound. Next stop, the Exumas. Here we visited Allens and Leaf Cay, Wardrick Wells, Cambridge Cay, Big Majors Spot, Staniel Cay, Black Point on Great Guana Cay, and White Point on Great Guana Cay, Musha Cay, and Hawksbill Cay. The only places that we didn't go ashore were Royal Island, Musha Cay and Great Sale Cay.
We met countless wonderful people, a handful we call 'good friends'.
Our time in the Bahamas was great, I would love to be there every winter...but the long, arduous trip back and forth makes us want to stay in Maine next winter and enjoy our our new home, and family.
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Another sunny day! What a treat. We left at 7:15 this morning with 15-20 knot winds...on the nose. Put up a reefed main and the staysail, and had a pleasant sail. By 9:00 the wind was backing down, so out came the genoa and the rest of the main. By 10:00 the wind was gone, and we motored the rest of the day.
Arrived at the Isles of Shoals about 3:15. There is one other sailboat in here, so there were many moorings to choose from. We picked one up, and enjoyed the rest of the days sunshine.
Very excited...home tomorrow!
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Saturday morning we left Onset about 7:15. Timed the current through the canal perfectly...we screamed through at 10.5-11.5 knots! Out the other side, and we were looking at maybe 2 mile visibility...light fog, and rain. Got into Scituate about 1pm. We weren't here 20 minutes, and the fog rolled in like pea-soup. Didn't bother putting the dinghy down...we couldn't even see the shoreline.
About 4pm it cleared out, so we went into town for an early dinner. Started out at Mill Wharf for chowder, then moved on to TK Omalleys for fried seafood. Nice to get off the boat.
We noticed when we were coming across the bottom of RI that we had traveled past spring...the trees all along that coast hadn't leafed out yet. But, here in Scituate, most of the trees have leaves on them, so I guess it was just RI that is behind.
Today, Sunday, the wind is blowing 20-25, so we decided to stay put. Tomorrow we head for Portsmouth NH...we're almost home.
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Woke this morning to sunshine...what a surprise! Not predicted. We left East Harbor about 7:15a and bucked the current out of Fishers Island Sound. We were pretty sure we would have some SWELLS when we got out into the open water, since last night at high tide the swells were rolling into the anchorage. We went to bed rocking from side to side.
As soon as we got into Block Island Sound, the swells were as predicted, 5-9 feet...on the beam! That means we rolled all morning long as we crossed the bottom of RI. Once we got into Buzzards Bay, the outer islands blocked the swell and it flattened right out. We put the push on and got all the way to Onset, about 65nm. The favorable current to get through the Canal tomorrow is before 10:30a, so we wanted to be close to the beginning of the canal. If there is fog in the morning, we can wait a while hoping it will lift before we have to leave. Always planning!
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We left Port Jefferson, Long Island, and crossed diagonally across the sound to the Connecticut side, but ended up anchoring in NY...how'd that happen? Well, we are anchored at Fishers Island, which is just 2 miles off the Connecticut coast, around Mystic, but the island is owned by NY. So, here we are still in NY, but only about 20 miles at the most to RI.
Today, the weather was a surprise. After heavy rain and thunderstorms last night, today wasn't supposed to be much better. But, thankfully, we had a day without rain. Well, almost. It didn't start to rain until we were heading into the anchorage. OH, and that's when the fog dropped on us, as well. But, we did have some great sailing today, and we are positioned to get up into Buzzards Bay tomorrow.
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