Blog of S/V Salty Beach

The forecast was not the greatest so I was single-handed for the weekend, as organizer for (and participant in) the Mitchell Race . I ran jacklines and stayed tethered with my harness. It was cloudy and overcast on the sail out, with occasional light showers. I opted to race in class 4, for cruising boats, just to give some competition to the one other boat that was new to the race and chose that class. The breeze started out 10-15 knots from the east, but died down below 10 in the afternoon. I had a great sail out and even saw a six-foot thresher shark jump clear out of the water maybe 100 feet away from me as I approached Block Island! Overnight, the breeze came in from the west about 20-30 knots making for rough conditions at the dock. I was disappointed to learn the floating dock wasn't in when I arrived, and I didn't have any fender boards with me, but managed to make-do turning my fenders sideways. Still, not a great night sleep as I got up a couple times to adjust the fe...

With Hurricane Lee passing by, we were expected to get some strong north winds, so I added a second mooring pennant just to be safe. It turned out to not be that bad, but better safe than sorry.

With warm weather back, we went out to the boat with friends just to swim and socialize. I took the opportunity to clean the bottom, which is much more fun with company! It was our friend's adorable baby daughter's first time on a boat!

We had originally planned on a little evening swim and harbor cruise with friends, but it was already getting late and was a little cool so only a couple of the crowd went swimming and we decided to skip the sail and just enjoy food and drinks on the mooring. 😊

We got in a little sunset harbor cruise with the kids. The cloud formations were wild and made the evening light quite interesting!

Once again I failed to take pictures, but we loaded up the boat with seven of us and motor-sailed over to the Newport Folk Festival. Most of our friends were excited to hear Lana Del Ray, but we enjoyed the whole thing really. Nice weather, and great company! Nothing like enjoying live music while swimming off the boat!

Didn't take any pictures, but I rented a UHaul pickup and launched the boat at Fort Adams in Newport again with the help of my cousin and his son. Thankfully, it went well and the boat is now safely on the mooring!