Cruise with Stacy, Frank, Ted, & Mary September 12,2015

September 12, 2015

     We left port at 11:00 with engine hours at 3170.9.  We cruised with Stacy and Frank Stubbs. and Ted and Mary Leblanc.  We cruised to NEB for lunch at Mellville’s.  We went south of Prudence Island on the way over and North on the way back.   When I called for a slip they put me next to a $700,000 brand new 48 Defever.  We put all of our fenders on that side and slowly made it into the slip with no problems.

     We returned to our slip at 4:15 with the hours at 3174.3


                                                Frank and Mary

                                            Nice seas during our cruise of Narragansett Bay

                                                                Stacy and Ted

Lunch at Melville's September 6, 2015

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.

Diesel fuel fill up at Brewer Greenwich bay September 5,2015

September 5, 2015

            We left port at about 1050hrs.  Engine hours read 3164.3. 

            Elaine and I were headed over to Brewer’s East yard in Warwick Cove to get diesel fuel for our port tank.  It was about a 45 minute ride over to the fuel dock.  It is a well marked channel but is a little narrow and twisty in some places.  It was a Saturday morning and there was a lot of boat traffic.  As we were entering the channel the harbor master motioned for us to slow down.  We were careening through the water at almost 6kn so I slowed down to about 4.5kn to make him happy.  I was about to slow down anyway as this was where the channel makes an S-turn.

            We got to the fuel dock and only had to wait for one boat to finish up.  We got in and out with no problems and fueled up with no problems.  The fuel dock is two slips on an outside dock right on the channel.  We made extra sure that we were putting diesel into our tank.  We put 65 gal. into our port tank and with our Brewer discount it was only $170.

            It was such a nice day that we decided to cruise around for a bit.  We rounded Warwick Point and headed up the Providence River for a while.  We went up to about Nayatt Point and then circled around the bay toward Bristol Heights and then back home.

            The seas were smooth, 1ft or less, and the wind was light out of the southeast at

 5-10 mph.  Weather was sunny with blue skies and about 75-80 degrees.  It was like cruising on a big lake. 

            We were tucked back safely in out slip by 1400hrs. with the engine hours reading 3167.4.