September 6, 2015
We left port at 1300hrs for a
cruise to NEB and lunch at Melville’s.
Engine hours were 3167.5 and we were operating on the port tank
only. We were accompanied by Barry and
Suzanne Shapiro and their dog Lucy.
The seas were a little rough and
the wind was about 15kn out of the south.
We cruised around the north end of Prudence Island and down the east
side of the island to get out of the wind.
It worked as things settled down.
We called NEB on the phone and they gave us a slip assignment while we
had lunch. It was a double slip and we
had it all to ourselves. This was good
because I used all of the slip to dock.
Lunch at Melville’s was good. This was our second time there. The food and service are good. We sat on the deck with a view of the
marina. I had the Cajun fish and chips
which were good but not great. Elaine
had the fish tacos which were very good.
After lunch we walked the docks and
looked at some of the big expensive boats.
The ride back was smooth along the
east side of Prudence Island. However,
when we made the turn around the north side of the island and headed south we
were hit with an outgoing current pushing against the south wind. The passage between Warwick Point and
Patience Island is narrow and is usually busy with boat traffic. Throw in the current and wind and it was
quite a washing machine. Our boat tends
to get rolly and it did. We turned west
to head for home and it was a little rough for another mile before smoothing
out.
We arrived back in our slip at
about 1810hrs. Engine hours read
3170.9. About an hour after we got back
the wind died right down.
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