Leaving Block Island for New London

As promised the Great Salt Pond at Block Island started to swell at the seams. We saw as many as five boats rafted-up on one mooring, but still they came. Amazing!

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After a restless night, I awoke for an early crew call to an iffy sky and little wind.

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After a quick breakfast we slipped the mooring and were gone by 8:00am.
Dave “Frogman” Strife repeatedly dove down to de-barnacle the saildrive propellers the day before so we expected a nice turn of speed.

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Thanks to EV’s ace photographer Nancy, we’ve documented loading the bicycles.

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We treated our guests to a lumpy crossing of the Long Island Sound into New London Marina, two blocks from where their car was parked. We were the only boat in the mooring field.

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We were serenaded by Fort Adams canons.

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The magnificent Coast Guard tall ship Eagle was tied up across the channel.

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Tomorrow we pull out past the race for a long slog down the sound, hoping to raise Port Jefferson.

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