Well they are nice dock lines so we just untied them. After much early week hustling to get the remainder of our critical item departure list checked off (no such thing as ever having complete the list), we headed out. We stopped first at Fishers island to stage for tides to make the run to Block Island. We spent the balance of the week in Block, a favorite haunt of ours from sailing vacations past. Neat feel though as one gets a little ocean roll in Block Island Sound on the way across. Very early season so an un-crowded anchorage… for good reason though as the weather remains a little cold. We also enjoyed another grounding, this time on the way into Block Island Great Salt Pond, the channel had clearly filled in from the starboard side, so as we sailed through this narrow cut we felt a slight bump and then back into deep water. By the end of the weekend the coast guard had remarked the channel farther to port as I sure we were not the only ones.
The sailing has been great with winds 15kn or higher and directionally keeps us running downwind to the NE. We have had some bouts of sea sickness, Rae Ann has overcome it by taking Sturgeon and has seen a notable difference. With the kids, they vary between not feeling well and then sitting in the cabin watching a video for 2 hours is very lumpy seas, go figure.
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