Newport Rhode Island

In Travemunde until May 2020
Nick Pochin
Fri 1 Jan 2010 00:16
position 41:29N 71:20W in Goat Island Marina Newport
time to catch up on the gossop!
On Saturday and Sunday we were in Boston. A thriving city, centre of MIT and Harvard full of genious's. We went round the US Constitution marina but not the ship which was closed for a month for restoration. The oldest warship over 200 years old. Then a bus tour around the sights of Boston,Cambridge and Charlestown. a couple of walks into town to walk the pubs and nightlife.
On Sunday we sailed through the Cape Cod Canal to Kingman Yacht Centre In Buzzard Bay. The trip to the canal was one of the best sailing at 9 knots in wall to wall sunshine. On the way we spotted a Right Whale (a protected species).then into the seven mile long canal where you cannot sail.We were motoring at ten knots and the fog closed in. As we were leaving the canal a frigging huge car transporter entered appearing out of the fog about 50 metres away! The last six n miles was in fog through a narrow passage where the depths were about 2.4 metres and we did manage to go aground twice. The Marina doesn't open for another week,but they still managed to charge us ! We were given a courtesy car and went to the village about 2 miles away for breakfast and some provisions.
On Monday we left Kingman and travelled across to Martha's Vineyard where we berthed in Oak Bluff, a Marina owned by the town.It doesn't open until the weekend We were allowed to stay free. Thanks Todd. Martha's Vineyard looked a great Island  to tour around but we woke up to rain and fog! so decided to move on
OnTuesday we had an adventurous day moving on 42 n miles to Newport Rhode Island 25 to 30 knots of wind on the nose with a very uncomfortable sea in thick fog and in the middle a fuel blockage stopped the engine which took an hour to clear.
We tied up on Goat Island Marina which was shut ! .