We seem to be leaving early in the mornings for our next
destination because the distances involved to the next harbour can be a fairly
long way. As we get further south and into the ICW that should change. Anyways
today was a change and we left at 9 AM this morning after getting a full supply
of water (love showers instead of bird baths…). We had winds from behind us all
the way to our location and managed to sail on a full run with head sail to one
side and main to the other. Our location is Sakonnet Harbour, Rhode Island, it
was about 25NM so we arrived at 1:30 and picked up a mooring ball as there is absolutely
no room to anchor. This seems to be a reoccurring problem as most of the good
anchoring spots have been taken over by mooring fields, hopefully the situation
will get better as we go south. Mooring balls are so convenient but of course
cost money!
There are lots of fisherman lining the banks of the harbours
we are going in, they all say they are fishing for “Scup” which I had never
heard of but it seems very plentiful and apparently are tasty. Here is a
picture of the small harbour we are in along with some of the fisherman.
love reading your updates, sure sounds like you guys are having lots of fun, Shadow is doing great he is getting so spoiled by David, outside all the time playing, if David asks do you want to play ball it is a race between the two dogs to get to the door first, they are definitely enjoying each others company, the other day threw Shadow's ball and Heidi ran under his legs and got it first the look of puzzlement on his face was priceless, he didn't know where his ball was and was looking everywhere, guess he missed her sliding quickly under his legs to get it first, it is so cute David throws Heidi's ball for her and then she chases Shadow with her ball in her mouth trying to growl, of course he just ignores her and runs faster so she tries to growl more and runs so fast it is funny watching her try to catch up, they are becoming good friends, I am sure that you both are missing him so much bet he will be crazy excited to see you when you guys get back, have a great trip and know that he is getting lots of love and seems to be happy here
ReplyDeleteThanks Pat, we were just about to call you to check on Shadow!
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