August 18-21
Start time
and hours 8:00 3222.67
End time and
hours 3:10 3229.85
On Thursday August 18 we left home to
cruise to the Brewer Mystic yard. The
weather and seas were calm. We cruised
past Point Judith and over to Watch Hill.
After rounding Watch Hill and entering Fishers Island sound we
encountered a strong tide against us. It
was between 2-3 knots all the way to the entrance to Mystic harbor.
https://www.byy.com/marinas/brewer-yacht-yard-at-mystic-mystic-ct/
The Brewer Mystic was easy in and out with the boat. Most of the boats are bow in. They
had only one dock hand on duty and he was at the fuel dock. He would come over to help is asked but we
docked with no problems. The docks are
new or being replaced. The showers were
clean, the pool and hot tub were refreshing.
There are grills at the end of every dock and they were clean when I
used them.
On Thursday night we made the short 25
minute walk to downtown. We went to The
Engine Room http://www.engineroomct.com/ for dinner. The beer menu was less than what I expected
and the menu choices were lacking so we just had an appetizer and beer and
left. We then went over to the S&P
Oyster Company http://sp-oyster.com/
for dinner. They are located on
the water next to the draw bridge. The
food was very good, I had monkfish, Elaine had a seafood trio. We walked downtown a little bit and then went
back to the boat.
On Friday we went to Mystic Seaport http://www.mysticseaport.org/
. It was about a 30 minute
walk. There was a lot of interesting
things to see and do. We had lunch at
Latitude 41 http://www.coastalgourmetct.com/latitude41/
which was located right next to the Seaport. They have great outside seating overlooking
the upper Mystic river. The food was
very good but the service was just OK.
They have
some fun shops and great ice cream.
August 20
Start time
and hours 7:15 3229.12
End time and
hours 3:15 3242.65
On Saturday we left Mystic and cruised to
Bristol for the night. The tides were
against us almost the whole way and really slowed us down. We reserved a mooring ball from Bristol
Marine http://www.bristolmarine.com/visiting/bristol
It was a little windy and it took a few tries to get the ball but we did
and settled down nicely. Barry and
Suzanne Shapiro on SPRAY joined us for the evening. I like Bristol Marine because they will take
you to downtown Bristol when Bristol Yarcht Club will not. Walking is almost two miles.
We had dinner at Redlefsen’s http://www.redlefsens.com/
The food there is always great and they have real German beer. They also have a patio so Lucy can join us.
August 21, 2016
Start time
and hours 10:15 3239.12
End time and
hours 11:45 3242.65
We left Bristol harbor mid morning and
cruised back home to Cowesset.
