Summer of No Sailing

We getting ready to take a mini-cruise in just a few days. We have hardly used the boat since we've been back in Connecticut.

We've been busy with working on the house, working on our Pearson with a little work on the Dean, too. Family picnics that we used to blow off have also taken up our time. In the past we rarely let these things take away from our boating but now that we're away (on the boat) so much of the year we feel a little obligated.

We did take a little boating trip to Rhode Island for the 4th of July weekend. Dutch Harbor at Jamestown, RI. Motoring all the way as usual then Heather and eight of her friends joined us to view the fireworks display. Unfortunately an hour or so before they arrived the fog rolled in staying a few hundred feet in the air. When fireworks time came we could not see them because the cloud was right at the display altitude. Bummer. We could see the bottom of the bursts and occasionally the top but mostly we missed everything. Sigh.

The trip home on the 4th itself was eventful... of course. Fog. Dense fog. The whole way. Going around Point Judith caused anxiety because of the traffic. We can navigate fine in poor visibility but we worry about the idiots out there that travel at high speeds relying on their radar. Only one encounter as we neared Watch Hill Passage caused any cursing aboard Infinite Improbability. A boat close enough and fast enough to cause a good sized wake. One we never saw, only heard and felt. Crazy.

So that's the summer so far. Not much boating but our cruise starts later this week with hopes of getting out to Nantucket. Going to Nantucket never seems to work out. We've only visited on 20 % of our attempts. And now the first Tropical Storm has formed in the Bahamas. We'll see.