Yippee, we had E/NE winds today so we decided to go for a longer
trip to Manhasset Bay, 40° 49.747N 073° 42.714W, 37nm away. We left at 7:30 and arrived at 2:30pm, having
had mostly 15-20 knot winds behind us all day.
Funny, when you’re beating and the winds are up to 20, you wish for them
to decrease to 15, but when you’re running and they’re at 15 you wish for them
to increase to 20! The seas were pretty
big again, but they’re much nicer to handle when you’re not bashing into
them.
The only downside of the trip was that it was cold (50°F)
and rainy and with the tailwind, we weren’t protected from the weather as we
usually are. We arrived cold and a
little damp, but pretty soon had some hot soup and crackers for lunch followed
by hot chocolate.
We’re now 1 day ahead of our provisional plan. However, we’ll use that day up with a day off
tomorrow, because (a) there’s a small craft advisory with 30knt winds in the
forecast and (b) we need to arrive at our next destination (Manhattan) on
Saturday so that we can meet up with our long lost friend from Amsterdam,
Marcel.
There was another catamaran, Amazing Grace next to our
mooring in Westerly owned by Noel and Annette.
They headed south towards Norfolk, VA the day before we left Westerly,
and we caught up with them here. We had
an enjoyable dinner with them ashore at Le P’tite Framboise and another aboard
Quinita on Friday evening.
Ships Log: 6,776.3, Trip: 32.4, Trip Total: 100.1
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