Jamestown, Rhode Island

Serafina
Rob & Sarah Bell
Tue 28 Aug 2012 19:50

41:29.93N 71:23.45W

 

Sunday & Monday – 26th & 27th Aug

 

 

We had a surprisingly quiet night in Clarke’s Cove given that it turned out to be very urban, but then we were off sailing again by 0710 in order to take full advantage of the west flowing tide.

 

Absolutely no wind and as we went past Newport we watched about a dozen absolutely huge yachts gathering for the start of a race, but they too were finding it hard to make any way under sail.

 

We motored into Dutch Harbor and anchored pretty much where we had been before and close to Il Sogno which was on a mooring buoy.

 

In the evening we went out for a meal in the local café (which means pub) and had a meal with Dave and Judy Enstone and caught up on each other’s summer news and discussed the possibility of them coming sailing with us next season when we have to take Serafina out of the USA for two weeks, which will mean a sail to Bermuda and back.

 

Monday was spent catching up with things and again we were indebted to Craig and Karene who not only gave us lifts to various places, but rounded it off by inviting us to dinner in the evening, where amongst other things, we planned our route and sail to New York.

 

During the night sail two days ago our stern light gave up the ghost and it is remarkable luck that the main agent for Lopolights (a European company) is based in nearby Newport  and that we had transport available. This had worked in our favour when we came here in June as they had replaced one of our forward navigation lights under the 5 year warranty and today they replaced the stern light also under warranty although strictly speaking it had expired a while ago!