SV Rocinante - 2005
From Haverstraw, NY to Penobscot Bay, Maine. The trip is scheduled to last approximately 30 days, leaving Haverstraw on August 1st, 2005
tracking : 19 recorded positions
tracking : 19 recorded positions
| Last Position: 41°18'27.00 N 71°38'34.08 W on August 24th 2005 @ 18:48 |
Heading 50°
Speed 3
Ship's Log:
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
This morning finds us getting ready to go... we have quick, but oh so nice french toast breakfast
We need ice and fuel, so we pull up anchor and head on over to the fuel dock where we met a most helpful lady by the name of Sarah... Sarah not only helped us with our diesel needs, but went out of her way to recommend a couple of great restaurants she had been to in Newport!
She also pointed us towards the yacht club where we got a recommendation to stay at the Goat Island Marina just across from Newport, to avoid the "mess" in Newport proper.
We pushed off and were on our way. As with each new leg, this trip was to bring all new experiences... first and foremost, we were leaving the Long Island Sound; we would have nothing between us and England but the Atlantic Ocean off our starboard side and we would make landfall in a new state!
09:30 We made our way out of the harbor and made for RN "4" (one of the buoys marking the rocky shore) on a compass heading of 86 degrees magnetic doing about 5.1 knots several minor course changes later, we turned Rocinante on a compass heading of 104 degrees magnetic, and settled in for a 3 hour leg... wait, wasnīt that how it all started for Gilligan... a 3 hour tour?
Well, the weather starting getting rough and our tiny ship was tossed and if not for the courage of the fearless crew, Rocinante would be lost... ok, so we turned and ran! But on a sail boat "running" is like me "running" in the Chase corporate challenge... simply a figure of speech!
Link to picture of storm clouds in our wake (previously titled "time to change your shorts")
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26/svrocinante/StormClouds.jpg
So we did the next best thing, we altered course to 50 deg. Magnetic in order to cut some time off our trip... in reality, the black clouds turned out to be "more bark than bite" while they remained present, the wind fairly quickly died down, the seas calmed and we got just a few drops of rain...
At 15:40, I altered course yet again to avoid a more insidious danger from below... we had some how found out way to a torpedo range area! Not quite sure what that meant, but thought it prudent to stay the heck out of "the box" at 15:55 having safely made it around, we resumed our previous heading and made our way to Newport!
Link to picture of lighthouse at entrance...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26/svrocinante/NewportLightHouse.jpg
Link to picture of Fort Adam...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26/svrocinante/FortAdam.jpg
...Undaunted, we reached our destination and tied off at slip G86 at the Goat Island Marina without further incident... did I tell you about the Coast Guard Gunship coming up behind us? Another time perhaps...
That evening we decided to have dinner at the Marina Grill, and were not disappointed!
Except for the fact that some silly rule precluded the use of glass out on the deck, our dinner was great, and I wouldnīt hesitate to recommend it... but lets get back to the issue...wine out of plastic cups? Come on, I felt like I should send it back and ask for a recent vintage of ThunderBird!
The views where amazing, and we were treated to a dual rainbow after a brief shower...
Link to picture of Newport from Goat Island...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26/svrocinante/NewportfromGoatIsland.jpg
Link to picture of dual rainbows...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26/svrocinante/DualRainbows.jpg
We headed back, satiated and ready for another night aboard our beloved Rocinante!
Till next time,
Carlos & Maria
SV Rocinante..._/)
This morning finds us getting ready to go... we have quick, but oh so nice french toast breakfast
We need ice and fuel, so we pull up anchor and head on over to the fuel dock where we met a most helpful lady by the name of Sarah... Sarah not only helped us with our diesel needs, but went out of her way to recommend a couple of great restaurants she had been to in Newport!
She also pointed us towards the yacht club where we got a recommendation to stay at the Goat Island Marina just across from Newport, to avoid the "mess" in Newport proper.
We pushed off and were on our way. As with each new leg, this trip was to bring all new experiences... first and foremost, we were leaving the Long Island Sound; we would have nothing between us and England but the Atlantic Ocean off our starboard side and we would make landfall in a new state!
09:30 We made our way out of the harbor and made for RN "4" (one of the buoys marking the rocky shore) on a compass heading of 86 degrees magnetic doing about 5.1 knots several minor course changes later, we turned Rocinante on a compass heading of 104 degrees magnetic, and settled in for a 3 hour leg... wait, wasnīt that how it all started for Gilligan... a 3 hour tour?
Well, the weather starting getting rough and our tiny ship was tossed and if not for the courage of the fearless crew, Rocinante would be lost... ok, so we turned and ran! But on a sail boat "running" is like me "running" in the Chase corporate challenge... simply a figure of speech!
Link to picture of storm clouds in our wake (previously titled "time to change your shorts")
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26/svrocinante/StormClouds.jpg
So we did the next best thing, we altered course to 50 deg. Magnetic in order to cut some time off our trip... in reality, the black clouds turned out to be "more bark than bite" while they remained present, the wind fairly quickly died down, the seas calmed and we got just a few drops of rain...
At 15:40, I altered course yet again to avoid a more insidious danger from below... we had some how found out way to a torpedo range area! Not quite sure what that meant, but thought it prudent to stay the heck out of "the box" at 15:55 having safely made it around, we resumed our previous heading and made our way to Newport!
Link to picture of lighthouse at entrance...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26/svrocinante/NewportLightHouse.jpg
Link to picture of Fort Adam...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26/svrocinante/FortAdam.jpg
...Undaunted, we reached our destination and tied off at slip G86 at the Goat Island Marina without further incident... did I tell you about the Coast Guard Gunship coming up behind us? Another time perhaps...
That evening we decided to have dinner at the Marina Grill, and were not disappointed!
Except for the fact that some silly rule precluded the use of glass out on the deck, our dinner was great, and I wouldnīt hesitate to recommend it... but lets get back to the issue...wine out of plastic cups? Come on, I felt like I should send it back and ask for a recent vintage of ThunderBird!
The views where amazing, and we were treated to a dual rainbow after a brief shower...
Link to picture of Newport from Goat Island...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26/svrocinante/NewportfromGoatIsland.jpg
Link to picture of dual rainbows...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26/svrocinante/DualRainbows.jpg
We headed back, satiated and ready for another night aboard our beloved Rocinante!
Till next time,
Carlos & Maria
SV Rocinante..._/)
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