It\u2019s been five years since my last trip \u201cdown east\u201d and this morning I cast off the lines and am on my way.\u00a0\u00a0 If you happen to wonder if I got the bathroom finished, the one I wrote about in a few posts of late, I have to confess that the answer is, especially if you ask Brenda, an emphatic, if unfortunate, NO.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, I did WAY underestimate the time it would take and the job is looking, to me at least, more like a major addition on an office building than a simple new vanity and shower enclosure.\u00a0 Oh well.\u00a0 I can\u2019t be totally faulted for coming up short (I was supposed to have it done before heading to Maine) as there were myriad distractions that I won\u2019t go into.\u00a0 It\u2019s sufficient to say, and I cling to this belief, that many of the distractions that got in the way of completing the task were NOT MY FAULT!<\/p>\n
Ok, now that I have that off of my chest so back to the task at hand.<\/p>\n
As I begin this post Pandora is in Block Island Sound making our way to Cuttyhunk island for the night.\u00a0 My crewmember Rodney, who I have sailed with for perhaps the last decade, off and on, is with me and we are enjoying a lovely day of sailing.\u00a0 Well, we were sailing up until I stopped typing to put on the engine again as we still have a good distance to go and I want to get there by dark.\u00a0\u00a0 In the morning we will head to the Cape Cod Canal to catch the flood tide around 10:00.\u00a0 Going against the tide in The Canal is a waste of time as the current runs as much as 4kts which makes the 10 mile run interminable when things are \u201cagainst you\u201d.\u00a0 Besides, I believe that it\u2019s actually against the rules for a slow boat to traverse the canal against the current.\u00a0 With that in mind, \u201cgoing with the flow\u201d really means something when it comes to the Canal.<\/p>\n
We left around 06:30 today, heading down the CT River and had to stop for fuel which cost us nearly an hour but that is certainly better than being stuck with no fuel miles from shore.\u00a0 Yes, been there, done that at least once years ago off of New Haven and I\u2019d prefer to avoid an encore performance so stop we did. \u00a0That was a very good thing as it took nearly 60 gallons and I nominally hold about 150.\u00a0 I might have made it to Maine (that\u2019s where we are going) with what I had and the 10 gallons in reserve but I wasn\u2019t in the mood to test the theory.<\/p>\n
After being \u201con the hard\u201d, me at least, since mid May, I am very happy to be on board again.\u00a0\u00a0 It will be fun to rendezvous with some old friends from The Corinthians, a group that we have been a member of for many years.<\/p>\n
So, the plan is to spend tonight at Cuttyhunk and to head out of the Canal and across the Gulf of Maine tomorrow morning.\u00a0\u00a0 If all goes well, we will be in Maine on Thursday afternoon.\u00a0\u00a0 The actual run across the Gulf of Maine is about 24 hours so we\u2019ll have a few days in Maine to enjoy the sights prior to leaving on the week long cruise that kicks off on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n
So, for now, I guess that about covers it.\u00a0 And don\u2019t forget that we \u201cpush the button\u201d every 4 hours or so and you can see where Pandora is by going, incredibly enough, the \u201cWhere in the World is Pandora\u201d button on the blog home page.<\/p>\n
As we passed New London this morning the Brilliant, the schooner from Mystic Seaport, passed behind us.\u00a0 Pretty nice digs.![\"7-26-16a](\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/7-26-16a-023.jpg\")
So, I guess I\u2019ll close with a shot of one of my favorite sights in Fisher\u2019s Island Sound, the lovely home on \u201cNorth Dumpling\u201d. \u00a0 As \u00a0Brenda would say, “I would live there”. \u00a0Indeed. \u00a0Loved the whole “stonehenge” thing on the yard.![\"7-26-16a](\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/7-26-16a-010.jpg\")
Tomorrow, the Canal and hopefully, we will see some whales as we cross the Gulf of Maine.<\/p>\n
Stay tuned for more scintillating posts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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