From: lew_hill@hotmail.com
To: lew_hill@hotmail.com
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Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:33:05 -0400
We left Plymouth early morning (7AM) and headed through the lobster pots down to the Cape Cod Canal. With the current we were speeding (speed limit is 10 knots) at 10.7 k over the ground...i.e. with a 5.7 knot current with us. Got down to Cuttyhunk Island by about 4 and met up with some friends on a mooring outside the harbor. There is actually lots of room to anchor just outside but we splurged and got the mooring right next to Mel and Sandy. The next day they took us on the walking tour of the island and we had a wonderful shrimp and lobster dinner with them on our boat.
About 6:30 AM we were off and headed past Block Island to Three Mile Harbor...Yeah Right! The wind was on the nose and kicked up to gusting 30 in open ocean. We only got as far as Dutch Island Harbor (directly west of Newport on the other side of Conanicut Island where we had anchored on the way up. Since it is scheduled to continue blowing from the SW with high gusts and thunderstorms we decided to splurge and take a mooring rather than possibly do the anchor dance at 3 AM in a thunderstorm. Snug as a bug.
For the cruisers: Mooring costs per night at Plymouth (call the Plymouth Yacht Club)were $60. At Cuttyhunk (First come, first served and a boat comes out to collect), $40. At Dutch Harbor (call Dutch Harbor Boat Yard on VHF 69), $50. Lobsters are just as expensive at Cuttyhunk, where they catch them, as in Keyport, NJ but a lot fresher.
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