After rafting with Bob & Deanna we cleaned up a bit then sat down for some munchies & drinks. It was fun catching up on the news about mutual friends, since Peter and Deanna taught together at Tri County High School Bob and Deanna keep their boat in Quisset Harbor and know Hadley well so they took us on a dingy tour of the private Island. There are beautiful homes, pretty little bridges and coves. We travelled to the Buzzards Bay side and Vineyard Sound side of the island.
On our tour Peter & Bob saw a boat very like ours. It was a Jeanneau Deck Salon 40' The couple are live-aboards and are going South again this fall. We traded information and might catch up with them again.
Returning to our boats we had dinner, compliments of Bob & Deanna. The yhad gone clamming earlier so we shared clams casino (yummy!), steamed, and clams on the half shell, salad, grilled sausage & chicken. Jane steamed veggies baked a french bread loaf. Delish! After dinner we adjourned below because the fog was so thick it seemed like rain. Part of the terrible Patriots pre season game (they lost) was watched on TV. It became too bad to watch so Bob got his ICW books and charts to share information with us. He is like a computer......they came North on the ICW last June and remembers anchorages, marinas, routes, chart pages, etc. So we have a start on our planning. We will have to chart our route each night before travelling with the anticipated stop and the emergency stop if weather turns bad. We also have to mark the hurricane holes along the way so we can duck in if needed before Nov.
Returning to our boats we had dinner, compliments of Bob & Deanna. The yhad gone clamming earlier so we shared clams casino (yummy!), steamed, and clams on the half shell, salad, grilled sausage & chicken. Jane steamed veggies baked a french bread loaf. Delish! After dinner we adjourned below because the fog was so thick it seemed like rain. Part of the terrible Patriots pre season game (they lost) was watched on TV. It became too bad to watch so Bob got his ICW books and charts to share information with us. He is like a computer......they came North on the ICW last June and remembers anchorages, marinas, routes, chart pages, etc. So we have a start on our planning. We will have to chart our route each night before travelling with the anticipated stop and the emergency stop if weather turns bad. We also have to mark the hurricane holes along the way so we can duck in if needed before Nov.
Said goodnight around 10:30-11 and went to bed......until Bob knocked on the boat at 3:56AM. Scared the crap out of us. Apparently we had the wind generator on and it was noisy so we put it on brake mode. It still turns but hopefully it let them sleep. Sorry Bob & Deanna!
2 comments:
Well, it's Sunday morning and the house is still standing. It appears that Hurricane Bill has missed us all. We had some rain in the night, but nothing huge to speak of it seems. Our work on the house is nearing completion now (did I give you my blog details, can't remember?)and also our trip. We go home on Tuesday. It's a shame we missed you sailing through the canal, but never mind.
Good luck with your Intercoastal journey. We will keep looking at your blog, but mine will no doubt fizzle out once we get back to Derby and I have to get into my schoolwork.
Are you surviving the incredible heat? Have a very safe journey back. I have your blog and will continue to watch it. Keep us updated on how you are.
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