Saturday, August 8. Day 35 Today dawned sunny with hints of warmth, but not the heat yet as the weather had predicted. After a quick breakfast and taking showers after heating up water on the stove, we were ready for our 2nm dinghy ride into the town of Essex. After getting some instructions at the […]
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Thursday, August 8. Day 34 We are on our way to Fishers Island and it’s taken me this long to post about this past Thursday and Friday. Thursday was a rainy day with rain on and off until mid afternoon. It was a day spent reading and doing things on the iPads. We sometimes have […]
Wednesday, August 7. Day 33 We did get the errands done; visiting the Post Office, grocery shopping and preparing for leaving the dock. Thank you Carol and Chet for transporting us in your cars. We left the dock at 1108am and 1nm and 20 min later were anchored behind the breakwall. I made a pasta […]
Tuesday, August 6. Day 32. Happy Anniversary to us. It’s been 8 years. We woke and got on the road as targeted, which means we tried to leave at 8am and left at 9am as Chet predicted, to go first to Defender Store, which is a discount marine store. They have thousand of items available […]
We woke at 630am and after showers, Chet fixed sausage patties and toast for breakfast. Today’s agenda was to drive to Kent Falls Park and hike the trail to see the falls. Chet and Carol use to come here often with their kids. This is a little part of a display that includes information about […]
Sunday, August 4. Day 32 After we arrived at New Haven Yacht Club, we released the mooring ball at 848am, but had to turn back and wait to return the line that Christina had given us to tie up to the mooring ball. We had it on the combing, so soon we on our way […]
Saturday, August 3. day 30 We woke up to a gray and rainy skies with winds that are predicted to be in the mid-teens with gusts in the 20’s. This is nothing that the boat and crew can’t handle, but not something we would choose to sail in unless we had a good reason, and […]
Friday, August 2. Day 29 We left Northport at 7am with Lorraine at the helm. By 727am the Main sail was up and we motor sailed while Phil got the cruising spinnaker set up. By 812am we turned the corner around Eatons Neck, raised the Shute and turned off the engine by 815am. We were […]
Thursday, August 1 Day 28 This morning while the mooring field was calm, Phil winched Lorraine up the mast to put the windex on. Going up with the windex in a bucket, it caught on the inner stay right where it connects I to the mast. It was this close (see my fingers together?) to […]
Travels with the Dolsen’s 