Tuesday, September 3. Day 56 We very much enjoyed our stay with Jim and Linda and appreciate all the hospitality. We hope to see them again later in our travels. After our last breakfast we left their dock at 933am to be close to high tide on our way through Oyster Channel so if we […]
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I started out the day washing two loads of clothes while Phil cleaned the side decks and cockpit on Changes. I had my iPad with me and checked the weather, as we often do daily before a passage and it looked like it had changed to be SW on Friday instead of continued E or […]
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The long-awaited camera connection kit arrived today. hurrah! Below are some photos that I have wanted to share with you, Inside front and top zippers for side window Mostly finished side windows. Need Phil to put on quarter turn hardware to attach to Bimini tubing. Putting the fixed wind instrument on top of the mast. […]
I am sorry that I’m so far behind with keeping up with the blog. Phil and I have been very busy with the canvas and dinghy projects and the an overnight trip to Barnegat Bay. I received my USB cord that was suppose to work with my camera connection kit, which doesn’t so now waiting […]
Tuesday, August 20. Day 44 This morning we raised anchor to go the 1.83nm across Shelter Island Sound to Brewers Greenport Marina. Anchored almost in the middle of the sound was a very big power boat that had a helicopter on the back deck. It had what looked like “T6” on the side, and no […]
Monday, August 19, Day 43 The morning was spent with Lorraine updating the blog. She’s gotten behind with doing other things. Phil spent the time reading and puttering. By early afternoon, we were ready to get off the boat and explore. First order of business was to get rid of the garbage. At the town […]
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, […]
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, […]