We completed a little cruise out to Nantucket with Heather. We were calling it a vacation cruise, out of habit I guess, but were reminded you can't take a vacation from no job at all. So... Heather's vacation.
I spent a few days solo (with Cleo) at Block Island before heading to Point Judith, RI to pick up Carol, Heather and Luca. This was supposed to also be the WPS summer cruise but the other participants decided not to followed the planned itinerary. We overlapped briefly at Block and met at Cuttyhunk and Oak Bluffs but no one else went to Nantucket. Their loss.
Luca seems to be becoming a little more civilized (a little) and we can pick her up without losing pints of blood. Mellowing. Or dying. Who knows?
Weather was pretty good. Calm to Cuttyhunk but there was a leftover swell from a distant storm. Carol hates this passage. Trip to Oak Bluffs (Ma.) was flat and the passage to Nantucket was nearly so. No sailing. We anchored for two nights there. Moorings are
$70 a night there!!!!!! Bike riding and dining were the main things on the itinerary.
The trip back to Martha's Vineyard was uneventful but the trip back to Point Judith was "fun". Strong winds right on the nose. More motoring. And an alternator V-belt broke on the way. Replacing that in rough seas was not fun but we've had to do that before. Experience.
The last evening on this cruise was marked by a visit from 'nephew-in-law' Chris H. and his daughter (our grand-niece) Brooklyn. They seemed to have a great time and were interested in the lifestyle of living and travelling on a boat.
Just a couple of more boating weekends to go before our departure south in late September. Can't wait!
