Rockport 42:39.35N 70:35.61W
Lotus
Fri 8 Oct 2010 22:38
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The first 150 miles of our crossing was completed
in favourable winds but despite being ever hopeful of more whale sightings we
didn't see any until under motor we spotted a few humpbacks as we approached
Rockport, just up the coast from Boston in the late afternoon of the second day
at sea. We heard them first with their strange low pitched moan mixed with
high pitched wails, so we circled back to get better views and to our
surprise this particular whale started to thrash the surface of the water with
it's tail, no more than 30 meters from the back of the boat. He was either
cheerily greeting us with waves of 'hello' or was beating the water, giving us
the proverbial finger for nearly running him down, either way it was a great
sighting and he stuck around close to the boat for 15minutes or so.
 Stow away!The wind picked up but not from the perfect
direction to make Boston so we decided to call in at Rockport.. As we
approached the sea was quite rough but we were pleasantly surprised to find a
sheltered anchorage just off the beach and only a stone's throw away from this
local town, luckily there were no stone throwing local youths otherwise we
may have had a damaged boat.
   We had our usual wander round the town where we
finally found John some Merrill fur lined shoes, as in the cooling conditions he
had been jealous of me and my warm feet, wearing my lady equivalents. Yes,
we have become Mr. and Mrs. wearing his and hers, if we chose to we could
now venture out sporting matching outfits complete from head to toe and outer
jacket, we have duvet jackets, sailing suits, trousers and now shoes and that is
only mentioning a few of the items we have in common - that's
what being together 24hrs a day for over a year does to you. The
real reason we are coming home is because I caught John trying on one of my
dresses!
Whilst in Rockport John had a really good haircut
from an 86year old barber, who after working on his hair for 30minutes only
charged $8. We also had a lovely lunch out before setting sail for Boston via
the relatively uninteresting port of Gloucester where we called in to have
our batteries checked as the power management module indicated that there was
something amiss with our electrical system.
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