Sunday, August 18, Day 42 This morning we had condensation on the inside of the windshield for the first time. We are going to Long Beach to take a look at the seashells and anchor in Coecles (pronounced Sickles) Harbor on the east side of Shelter Island. We raised anchor at 702am in Montauk Lake, […]
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Saturday, August 17. Day 41 We naturally woke early to calm winds and sunny skies. We planned on leaving early but had to postpone that while S/V High Tension raised their anchor which got tangled in the anchor chain of a big motor vessel anchored in front of them. The motorboat had to move so […]
Thursday, August 15. Day 39 We left Napatree Beach anchorage at 7am, this time missing the rock. After we had rounded Sandy Point and passed the Middle Ground Breakwall that protects Stonington Harbor we all of a sudden slowed down from something catching on the keel. The boat knot meter said we were going 6.1kts, […]
Wednesday, August 14. Day 38 This morning we woke to sunny skies and calm winds, as they have been early in the morning. We are staying another day to take a dinghy ride into Westerly, 4.5nm+ ride up the Pawcautuck River to gets some errands done, mainly wash clothes and grocery shopping. It is interesting […]
Tuesday, August 13. Day 37 We woke to fog in our anchorage so thick that we could only see the three boats close to us. Good thing that we weren’t planning on going anywhere, but not good as Lorraine won’t be able to go crabbing. As the morning went on, the rain came and went […]
Monday, August 12. Day 37 This morning we lifted anchor at 730 to travel to Watch Hill Cove to anchor at Napatree Beach. The main rain was to our south, but it rained a little on our way. We motored the entire way as there was not wind. As we were coming up to the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Travels with the Dolsens 