Left Charlestown, Rhode Island fog as soon as we hit the ocean followed Dun Smith who had radar for a couple hours of this around Point Judith up to Wickford R.I.

felt like we were going down hill at times, wife totally freaked out

starting to lift a little after we got by Point Judith

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Cresent Girl and Knot Flying coming out to watch air show in Wickford

Fog cleared up heading up the bay to Wickford for the airshow

Left Westport 6:30 am 29 miles across to Block Island, seas were pretty flat ran it in two hours

Knot Flying busting along

Bullock Cove,Barrington, R.I. Brewers Marina chain great spot quiet stayed a couple of days.Took a cab ride into Providence ate at Al Forno's Italian Rest a little pricey but a great spot. Also went to the Rhode Island School of design Gallery museum. Knot Flying Will-C and Cresent Girl

Bullock Cove from left to right Cresent Girl, Will-C, Knot Flying note size of the windows on Will-C a 23' Venture I think the center opening window is the same.

thunderstorm and Dun's radar reflector

Looking out at the rain, cleared up in a couple of hours

After the rain it turned into a nice night

Sundowner time!

Shoe horned in at Shaws Marina, one of my favorite places of the trip.

got the spring lines tightened up they squeezed us in

the three of us snug as a bug a Shaws Boatyard, Tom the owner was very accommadating ice machine left open had a slot in the door to drop in the payment, no the door was not in the ice machine

Shaws Marina up at the picnic table were we cooked the clams we bought from a clam boat, hotdogs, grilled zuckini and squash,did up some canned baked beans it sounds a little crazy but it was the best! *

Shaws Boatyard should start a show, many different kinds of boats, showers,shore power water, fuel at the boatyard next door.Very cool place!Also walked up to downtown Dighton, MA for breakfast and met a Daisy Dukes impersonator

another shot of Shaws Boatyard

The launch in Westport,R.I. coming to get us off our first time hooking up to a mooring ball, we are now officially mor-ons

The dingy dock at F.L.Tripps marina in Westport. It does not look like there are a lot of poor people around here!

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New Harbor in Block Island, this guy (Aldo) who bellows in Italian,let's go and is selling pastries, breakfast sandwiches, bread all very good going boat to boat in the salt pond on Block Island. This place is packed for the fireworks on July 3rd. 1500 boats the town is packed great scenery of all kinds,I'm sitting on my boat loving life as I write this caption