[Alberg30] JIM, BARB, & HINCKLEY'S DOWNEAST ADVENTURE part #1 contd

[George Dinwiddie]

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> Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 13:35:58 -0700 (PDT)
> From: waconah
> 
> JIM, BARB, & HINCKLEY'S DOWN EAST ADVENTURE pt# 1 cont.
>
> As I am reporting by Pocketmail I can only use 4000 characters at
> a time, so this is a continuation of my story.
> 
> The neighborhood gardens were delightful and the town was picturesque
> and very yacht friendly. The next morning Bob Leigh dropped our
> laundry off near town and the "bag ladies" Elaine, Barbara, and
> Dona walked to town and pulled their little carts piled with laundry
> bags to the laundramat. Bob Johns meanwhile graciously ran the men
> around getting fuel, necessary supplies, and propane. We all enjoyed
> our visit with the Johns.
> 
> Monday night we found another delightful "secret anchorage" with
> free moorings at Port Jefferson. We continued thru Long Island
> Sound to the Connecticut River where we stayed in a lovely little
> harbor, Shore Cove Harbor Refuge, with free transient moorings, a
> nice dinghy dock, and a delightful little town with beautiful
> gardens and a pizza shop close by.  Unfortunately Hinckley's hairy
> little white legs picked up all kinds of weed seeds and little
> twigs during the walk. When we returned all 3 of us got a bath.
> Our mooring  was across from a red Block Island 40, Rhubarb! It
> was beautiful, but looked like it had a harder life than our 42
> year old Waconah. Hinckley fell off the boat before we left our
> mooring, and we "netted" her back on board again.
> 
> We are now en route to Pt. Judith so Hinckley is tethered inside
> the cockpit as she always is while we are underway. Hinckley has
> adjusted well to being a "little  sailor dog". She has regained
> her appetite, now that we are experiencing crisp cool weather. She
> really looks cute in her life jacket, which is colored like a
> Gateway Cow. We have begun to experience the cool New England air
> and fog, so we are now using our radar. One sad event two days out,
> was the the death of our Navico Auto Pilot. After $369 worth of
> repairs last spring, it died while in use in the Delaware Bay. We
> will be  hand steering for the remainder of the cruise.
> 
> We are now down to 4 boats, as Skybird is off to Mystic Seaport --
> a delightful stop we hope to make on our return trip. We are pushing
> hard to make Rockland, ME. by July 12, where our son Brian & his
> wife Rebecca  will join us for a week and we will visit the Wooden
> Boat Show. On July 19 we will head for Blue Hill, where a party is
> planned at club members Lou & Betty Maas's lovely home. Some members
> will arrive by car.
> 
> Please send us personal messages only, no jokes or trivia, as
> finding a phone and downloading our pocketmail has become difficult.
> 
> Jim, Barb, & Hinckley aboard Waconah in New England
> 
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  George Dinwiddie                             gdinwiddie at alberg30.org
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