Blog of S/V Salty Beach

 Took my daughter and the dog to Brenton Cove again for some swimming. Unfortunately, the Harbor Master informed us we had to move since our anchor was out and there was no anchoring there, even in two feet of water. I guess we would have to beach the boat completely to put in there. We headed back early, but next time we'll do the longer sail to Potter Cove across on Jamestown, where we can anchor.

 Beached the boat in the shallows adjacent to the swimming area in Brenton Cove. Set the anchor by hand after to make sure we didn't drift, then the kids swam until mauled by a vicious predator. The creature was later identified as a golden-doodle in a shark-fin lifejacket. 😁 It was the first real swim for the dog, not counting one brief attempt at the mooring where she immediately tried to climb up my daughter to get out.

 My cousin and his wife recently bought a house and became our neighbors! We took them out for a little sail, just around the harbor, a little outside, and back. His wife was worried about getting seasick, but said after she really enjoyed it! It was great to catch up with them too! After, we joined them for dinner at their house and had a fire in the firepit.

 Hadn't been to the Newport Jazz Festival in years, it was good to get back to it! It was my wife's first time, and her friend hadn't been in years either. The kids and I swam, and we all enjoyed a beautiful day listening to great music! It took a couple tries to get our little Danforth anchor set, and I needed quite a bit more scope than the surrounding boats so we stayed out a bit further than I would have liked. Next year, I plan to pickup a more modern spade-style anchor which should hopefully help a bit. At the end of the day we were treated to a beautiful sunset!

 Took the kids and pup for a swim and harbor sail. Scoped out the Jazz Festival, but the northwesterly wind direction made for tough listening by boat. Snapped a pic of the tour schooner Adirondack passing the moored schooner Columbia. Then got a good look at another tour schooner, Madeleine, as she sailed past us.

 This time we got off the mooring and did a little harbor sail with our new puppy, as well as my daughter's friend. A little overcast, but otherwise lovely evening. I failed to take any pictures underway.

 We just adopted a golden-doodle puppy and wanted to take her out for a dinner harbor cruise, but when we arrived at the yacht club we discovered the launch stopped running earlier than we thought so we opted to just have dinner on the mooring. Still, the pup seemed to not mind the boat, or her shark-fin PFD.