This was my view this morn. Mill Neck NY
Captain Ken is topside at the helm, while Stella and I are having coffee and straightening up the cabin. It's going to be a long day as we are hoping to make it to a Marina in Rhode Island. We have a faulty switch on the generator 😡 so it is difficult to Anchor for the night; possible though?
It is now 4:00 and we are still underway and are now in Block Island Sound, outside Fishers Island. It was warm out with a cool breeze as we were topside all morning while still in Long Is. Sd. We were in a huge body of water with nothing around us, except an occasional boat going by. Now in BIS we can see land off of our port side.
As we approached Fishers Island on our port, with limited visibility, Captain noticed ahead of us, what looked like a sandbar, where breakers were folding over themselves.
In reality we were entering what's known as The Race. The body of water off Fishers Is. goes from 30' to 300' causing the water to heave up beneath us violently, creating 5' swells in every single direction coming at us. Add to that a 4 knot tidal flow and you have a Coney Island rollercoaster ride! 🎢🎢🎢🎢🎢The elevation of the water literally rose up 2 feet in front of the boat! Kenny said he had NEVER experienced anything like it!
have to stop because I'm getting nauseous
At 7:00 we are docked at Point Judith Marina, Narragansett, RI. Walked Stella, took a hot shower and getting ready to make dinner.
Need I say we are all pooped!
No more warm weather for a while, I'm afraid 😎
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