Back in Narragansett Bay
Tuesday 15th September 2020
It blew hard last night, with gust over 25 knots. The boat creaked and groaned a lot and we had to take the outboard motor off the dinghy in the dark prior to going to bed, but we were safe and warm on our mooring in Cuttyhunk harbor. Having just extended our Verizon cell phone plan we watched a Netflix film in the evening. We were both nervous about todays passage from Cuttyhunk to the Sakonnet River. With a “small craft advisory” in place due to strong northerly winds and swells form hurricane Paulette near Bermuda, we both feared that conditions might be gnarly, similar to what we experienced rounding Cape Ann last week. It turned out to be an absolutely delightful motor sail in light easterly winds and the swell, such as it was, was of such long period as to be almost undetectable.
It feels super-chill to be back in Narragansett Bay, familiar territory, no ocean swells, just a short trip from our home-port of East Greenwich. We need to get back; we have a few jobs that we need to get done, including the laundry mountain. More critical is that we have just about enough milk for morning coffee and I think I’m down to my last beer! I see a lot of cleaning and shopping in our future.
p.s. As I write this the water ran out in our starboard tank. That means we used 60 gallons of fresh water in 13 days after we filled up in Rockland, ME. That’s less than 5 gallons a day – not bad! We have another 60 gallons in our port tank so we could go another couple of weeks, but we will have the opportunity to refill in East Greenwich and can afford to be a little less sparing.
Mike
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