{"id":2377,"date":"2013-09-27T16:18:43","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T16:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=2377"},"modified":"2013-09-27T16:18:43","modified_gmt":"2013-09-27T16:18:43","slug":"heading-south-very-soon-this-is-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=2377","title":{"rendered":"Heading south, very soon. This is the week!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Friday around noon, sailing along in Block Island Sound and I am entering Watch Hill Passage and Fisher’s Island Sound, the eastern most part of Long Island Sound.<\/p>\n

In a way it seems like just yesterday that I arrived in Essex from the Abacos but in other ways it seems like May was a long time ago. \u00a0 However, when I think about the number of projects that I did on Pandora this summer along with the long “honey do” list of home chores from Brenda, I guess it’s been a long time since May.<\/p>\n

I have been a bit stressed out about the weather for getting to Annapolis next week and for a while I thought that I was going to have to shove off on Tuesday at the latest which would be pretty tough to be ready for. \u00a0However, I spoke with Chris Parker, our weather router, a bit ago and he told me that while there won’t be much wind next week, it looks like the favorable wind window will stay open for much of the week. \u00a0It is my hope that we will be able to sail but at the very least, I’d prefer not to motor into the wind. \u00a0At this point, it is looking good. \u00a0Fingers crossed. \u00a0 I’ll check with him on Monday to see how things are progressing.<\/p>\n

I am making today’s run alone as my friend who was going to come with me came down with a 24hr bug. \u00a0While I’d prefer to have company when I am aboard, it’s plenty easy to run Pandora alone. \u00a0Actually, while I am typing away, the autopilot is happily steering away. \u00a0As long as the wind doesn’t pick up too much, the laptop should be secure on the cockpit table. \u00a0Having the laptop smash onto the cockpit sole would not be good. \u00a0Fortunately, it’s not too gusty. \u00a0 \u00a0Here’s a shot of my “office” for today. \u00a0 Not too shabby.\"\"<\/a>I had to set the computer down on the sole as I passed Watch Hill. \u00a0Lots of hard stuff to bump into and I needed to pay attention. \u00a0Also, loads of fishing boats out hoping to get lucky. \u00a0 I like the Watch Hill Light. \u00a0It does look better on a sunny day though.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>I hope to get to Deep River early enough to catch the mechanic before he leaves for the weekend so any parts that he has to order to fix the alternator can be arranged before the weekend. \u00a0There is a problem with charging and I expect that it was something done while the mechanic was working on the engine.<\/p>\n

I guess I had better cut this short as the wind is dying and there are plenty of rocks to watch out for in Fisher’s Island Sound. \u00a0It would ruin my day if I bumped into one of them. \u00a0Trust me, I know about such things.<\/p>\n

Besides, it’s lunchtime and I am getting hungry. \u00a0Oh yeah, the sun is coming out too. \u00a0Perhaps that’s a metaphor for the coming months. \u00a0Yes, I’ll go for that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s Friday around noon, sailing along in Block Island Sound and I am entering Watch Hill Passage and Fisher’s Island Sound, the eastern most part of Long Island Sound. In a way it seems like just yesterday that I arrived in Essex from the Abacos but in other ways it seems like May was a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_s2mail":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2377"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2381,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377\/revisions\/2381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}