New York, New York
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Thu 23 Jun 2011 15:14
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THURSDAY 23rd JUNE
2001
firstly , Skipper made a mistake in the lasy blog,
We have sailed 35,839 nautical miles, ( not 25,839
as stated in the statistics )
TUESDAY ( last )
We had a good nights sleep at anchor beside " Duck
Island"
We spent the morning cleaning and Aileen did some
packing in preperation for her trip home,
After lunch ( avacado and prawns ) the tide was
high enough to allow " A Lady " enter Westbrook , to " Brewers
Pilot Point's
marina, even at almost high tide, we
still only had 0.5m clearance, The waters all around here are
shallow,
hence almost all boats are motor boats,
Aileens school pal , Jacinta Raferty, lives close
by in " Madison" so Jacinta and her husband Thurlok invited us to dinner
in
their house and spend the night ashore with
them, It was all very good, a beautifull meal and a stable bed for a
change,
WEDNESDAY
Up early, Skipper went for a walk , exploring the
locality, It was great to see all the Squirrels, the Chip monks, the
rabbits,
to smell the pine Trees and especially the Wild
Woodbine flowers ,, all great for the early morning wake up
time.........
The houses in the area were all beautifull and well
maintained, not to mention all the walkers, joggers, and cyclists
and oldies like skipper doing their
thing, ahhhh yes, good for the soul this
time................
Jacinta dished up a good breckfast and then took us
to the post office so skipper could post a memory stick with photo's to
oyster for their next article, this was followed
with a trip to the Hardware store for some Imperial spanners
and a few other boat bits, and then off back to the
restaurant at the Marina where we met Jacinta's friend " Rita"
There we had lunch ,just the four of us, and by now
it was beginning to rain fairly heavily.
Rita gave us some valuble information about the
currents in the area, plus the places to go and the area's to avoid.
......................
Later, Skipper and First mate Aileen returned to
the boat and continued packing and cleaning before returning to the
Raterties
house again at 18.30hrs,
This was followed by dinner across the street in "
elizebeth's" cafe, we had a good time there, lots of chat, explaining all the
different
places we visited on the trip, and they explaining
their lives in th Cennecticut to us. Thurlock is a
retired doctor from " Yale Hospltal "
which is close to Madison, where they live,
but now teaches there most days,
We spent the night in their house again, as Aileen
will travel from there to the airport tomorrow to catch her flight home.
Thats all for now,
Stephen Hyde :- Skipper
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