The first day was spectacular! Wind off our stern all day. Blowing 10 -15, we made 55 miles and reached Block Island by 5pm. Cocktails on board where especially tasty. Off to dinner at The Oar via launch. Specialty drink was a Mud Slide and it was so tasty Richard had two!
Fun conversation at the bar and fish burrito ended the eve. Back to Mammy by the NY taxi equivent of a launch driver. He approached each boat at top speed and with a quick reverse and lighting wheel he would stop on a dime right at the the gangway. Very entertaining.
So it was definitely a high point. The low was the transmission not going into gear at 5:30 am as we left Vineyard Haven town dock. But my personal mechanic saw the problem aand we fixed it within the hour. Also we discovered that the centerboard cable is broken so the centerboard is perminately down. No shallow water for us! Hope to fix this or rig something before we reach the Delaware.
We're having a great adventure.
Fun conversation at the bar and fish burrito ended the eve. Back to Mammy by the NY taxi equivent of a launch driver. He approached each boat at top speed and with a quick reverse and lighting wheel he would stop on a dime right at the the gangway. Very entertaining.
So it was definitely a high point. The low was the transmission not going into gear at 5:30 am as we left Vineyard Haven town dock. But my personal mechanic saw the problem aand we fixed it within the hour. Also we discovered that the centerboard cable is broken so the centerboard is perminately down. No shallow water for us! Hope to fix this or rig something before we reach the Delaware.
We're having a great adventure.
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