Our friend Greg Shea met us in Newport on Sunday, August 11 to help with the delivery home.
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| Sunset Newport Harbor |
We left at sunrise on Monday morning and decided to make the long trip to Mt. Sinai Harbor on the south shore of LI in order to have a shorter day on Tuesday when bad weather was forecast. Although we had fair current out the Narragansett Bay and along the RI shore, the current turned against us by the time we reached LIS. When making less than 4 kts SOG in the far eastern LIS we bagan second guessing our decision to head for Mt. Sinai with ETA at that speed 11 pm. Late in the afternoon the current finally turned in our favor and the wind filled in giving us a speedy motorsail to finish the day. We entered the harbor at sunset.
Tuesday was another early sunrise start. We didn't have far to go, but wanted to get into Port Washington ahead of the weather. We picked up our mooring at Manhasset Bay Yacht Club and had lunch aboard before taking the launch in for showers. Several other Corinthian boats had also come into the Bay and we all got together for a delicious dinner at Wild Honey. We had Patriot, Dulcinea, Irish Mist and Kelly Girl.
Wednesday morning we left our mooring at 9 am with the goal of getting to Throgs Neck Bridge at 10 am, the time of slack before ebb at Hell Gate. We hoisted the mainsail at our mooring and did not take it down until we arrive in Annapolis 33 1/2 hours later. It was a record delivery for us, catching the East River, the Delaware Bay, and Chesapeake & Delaware Canal as the current turned in our favor.
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| Nearing the Bay Bridge, we are almost home. |
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| Moving average of 7.7 knots is well above the average I use for estimating time |
