We cruised to the Kickemuit River for the
Van Vleck’s annual Clam Boil. It is held
at their riverfront home in Bristol. It
is also one of the CHNYC cruises. We
cruise over on Saturday, stay the night on a mooring and then come home on
Sunday.
The weather and seas were beautiful on
both trips.
With the oil cooler back in we decided to
take a day cruise over to Bristol to return a T-shirt that was the wrong size.
The ride over was smooth with little
wind. We called the Bristol harbormaster
and asked for transient dock space for a few hours. They had space at the town dock for
$10/hour. It is a T dock and easy in and
out. http://ri.usharbors.com/harbor-listing/bristol-harbormaster
We exchanged the shirt and went to Quito’s
for lunch. http://quitosrestaurant.com/ We only
stayed about 90 minutes and the harbormaster only charged us for one hour.
The wind picked up for the ride home. Getting out of the harbor was a chore trying
to dodge all of the small sailboats from the sailing camps.
When we got back to Brewer’s we docked out
boat for the first time by ourselves. It
went smoothly with a southwest wind that turned form southeast just as we
entered the fairway.
No start time and hours for this
entry. Anegada da Vida was laid up
waiting for an oil cooler to me made and shipped.
We cruised with Manny and Joanne on their
boat Moving Up over to Bristol and stayed at the Herreshoff museum marina as
part of the Brewer Rendezvous. Ed,
Allison, and Emma joined us on their boat Just Wonderful. http://www.herreshoff.org/
We got over to Bristol around noon on
Friday. It was a sunny, hot, and humid
day. Thunderstorms soon rumbled in and
for about an hour it was a deluge with strong winds and lightening. Just as quickly as it came in, it went
out. We walked into town to have
cocktails and oysters at the Bristol Oyster Bar. http://bristoloysterbar.com/ All last year they
had buck a shuck every day from 4-6.
This year it is only Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. We had a drink and fewer oysters than we
planned for and then went out for dinner.
Dinner on Friday was at the Lobster Pot,
http://www.lobsterpotri.com/ waterfront dining a short walk from
the marina. The food was very good and
the view was beautiful.
Brewer arranged for a continental
breakfast on Saturday morning and then followed it with a guided tour of the
museum. It was very interesting and
informative. The old wooden boats on
display are amazing. Lunch was at Nacho
Mammas http://www.nachomammasbristolri.com/ fantastic Mexican food. We explored the downtown for the afternoon
and went to many of the quaint shops.
Brewer had a cocktail party on Saturday
night that had so much food that we did not need dinner.
We cruised back on Sunday. The whole weekend was a lot of fun with good
friends.
We cruised on our occasionally annual trip
to Bristol RI for the July 4th parade and cook out with the Coasters
Harbor Navy Yacht Club (CHNYC) at the home of Cathy and Gary Holmstrom. Their beautiful home is on the parade route
on Hope st. It is an old family home
called Four Eagles.
The cruise over was with perfect weather
and seas. We had a west wind and flat
seas. After grabbing a mooring ball at
Bristol Yacht Club, $40 per night, we settled in for lunch on the boat. http://www.bristolyc.com/
We went ashore with the BYC launch and had
dinner with the CHNYC gang at http://www.leosristoranteri.com/ on Hope st. It was nothing spectacular but the company
was great. We had 22 club members for
dinner.
After dinner we went back to the boat for
the fireworks. They are shot off over
the harbor and right over our boat.
It is the
oldest July 4th celebration in the country. The Holmstrom’s host a breakfast before the
parade and a cook out after the parade.
They are very gracious hosts.
After the cook out we walked back to the
Bristol Yacht Club. It is a comfortable
walk of about 45 minutes. We had
afternoon cocktails on the back deck of the club and then retired to Anegada da
Vida for the evening. The winds picked
up from the south and the mooring field was a little rolly but still
comfortable for sleeping.
The
next day we slept in and cruised home late in the morning. We cruised slowly home because the weather
and seas were so nice.
