Aug. 27 - Hung out in Block Island. Rained all morning, but sun came out in the afternoon. Bought distilled water and topped off Trogan 6V batteries and had lunch at Deadeye Dick’s. Nice lunch and reasonable. Found we could drain dinghy by letting aft section down and having gravity do it’s thing.
Aug. 28 - Left Block early for Montauk expecting lots of fog based on the weather reports but was pleasantly surprised. Visibility was at least 1 mile the whole way and the fog lifted when we got to Montauk. Uneventful trip to Three Mile Harbor. Wind was light so had jib up until we had to thread the needle around Napeague and I couldn’t deal with having it up and navigating. Put the dinghy in the water for the first time and mounted the engine. Both went better than expected. New transom ladder is a dream.
Aug. 29 - Autopilot alarm went off at 3:00 p.m. while at anchor in Three Mile Harbor when wind shifted from South to North and we swung 180 degrees. Have to remember to turn that off when not sailing. Weather is cool and dreary today. Wind is moderate. Daughter Susan, husband Rob and son Ethan drive to East Hampton Point Marina and we pick them up for two days and a night on the boat. Just lounged around to regain some strength.
Aug. 30 - Use windlass for the first time to go out from Three Mile Harbor for a day sail and it does not do well with the Manson Anchor. Retrieval gets hung up on anchor swivel and it’s almost like the windlass is overpowered. Very disappointing. Not a good thing. Day sail goes well. We do 5.7 to 6.3 knots in under 10 knts. of wind on a beam reach, and then we do almost 8 knots in the same wind at 60 degrees apparent wind. Not too shabby. Offload Susie, Rob and Ethan later in the day and pick up daughter Sam. Wind gets pretty blustery and really howls at times at night.
Aug. 31 - Get up early to get to Plum Gut before tide turns to ebb and do well under jib and iron jenny, then slog to Duck Island, Ct. against ebbing tide and into head seas with 30/40 degrees apparent wind. Duck Island is a nice surprise. Very pretty and calm behind large breakwaters with ample depths for anchoring.
Lots of pictures of family attached. After this, all family except Kryss will have been off-loaded and pictures will be concentrated on where we are rather than who we are with. Can't seem to find how to increase number of pictures included in each post, so next post will include some pictures of Duck Island and Duck Roads.
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