Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Port Jefferson and then onto Port Washington

We left Essex on Friday and motored sailed to Port Jefferson. We got a mooring for the night. Went into town for Packet's walk, ice cream and purchased some sword fish. The ferry comes and goes next to the mooring field, but wasn't a big problem. On Friday we left Port Jefferson and had very rough seas and high wind coming out of the channel, but once we turned the corner we had a nice sail down to Port Washington. While we have been here we have seen Marty and Edie from Alpha Tango, have gone to the farmer's market, did grocery shopping and laundry and went to the movies. There are 2 shopping centers here and the water taxi will take you to a marina which is just across the street from them. We have had dinner, martinis and dessert with our friends which makes this trip a lot of fun. We are traveling with Helen and Ray Lanza on Rigamarole. They did this trip last year. It makes it nice for us to have someone who has the knowledge and experience of what to expect. Tomorrow we will leave for New Jersey. It should be fun to see New York city from the water. We hope to be in Cape May for the weekend and may stay until Monday before we start up the Delaware. We are all well and Packet has adapted to boat life and only going ashore once or twice a day sometimes(like today because of the high wind and seas)

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

leaving New England

Left Portsmouth, RI on Sunday Septemer 2o, 2009 arrived in Fishers Island, NY about 5:30 pm. Monday headed up the Cnnecticut River for Hamburg Cove across from Essex,CT. 2 very peaceful relaxing days here and to Essex today. Dinner at the Griswold Inn in Esssex tonight to celebrate our 42 nd Anniversary a day early. Hauled the boat here to adjust the prop pitch to gain a little speed down the NJ Coast..