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We finally caught the Gulf Stream and with the assistance of that current I actually saw 17 and 1/2 knot speeds from the boat! At this location there’s a bend in the current and we rode that wave a considerable distance southbound towards our goal!
It’s a sunny calm day today, we’re still making about 5.5 knots with about a 7 to 8 knot wind. The sun is warming us up nicely and we’ve even had some visitors drop by to say hello to us on the boat.
It was a chilly night sail, with beautiful moon rise right as my first watch began. I had to continually change our course as the catamaran I’m on doesn’t like sailing more than 120° off of the wind. As soon as my shift ended we did a 270° tack to get us closer to the heading we were looking for.
We spent the day waiting for our provisions and critical safety gear. Currently we’re being promised that the EPIRB will arrive tomorrow. There’s a chance that I may end up driving to Providence to pick one up at the West Marine there.
We finished off our stay in Jamestown with a wonderful meal at Beeches, the lobster bisque and swordfish steak were exceptional!
The EPIRB finally showed up so we finally cast off and set the sails around 14:00. We sailed rather closely to this ship shipping ship well setting our sails and headed off for the deep blue sea.
Another cold wet day here on the Narragansett. It’s a Monday so everything is closed. We’re knocking out some last items so that Nauti Intentions will be ready to embark with a good weather outlook Wednesday.
It’s a cold wet, miserable day here on the Narragansett Bay today. So, we’re spending the day provisioning and preparing the vessel for our journey.
Across the bay, we were able to watch a ship shipping ship load ships for transport to points unknown!
After an early morning start the day filled in quite nicely. I had a 3-hour layover in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was lucky enough to find the Aggie game on the TV in a bar near my gate!
I landed in Providence around 2:30 and was on the boat in Jamestown Harbour by 3: 00pm.
Nauti Intentions is just as lovely as I hoped she would be, a beautiful 45 ft catamaran and marvelous condition!
Here’s a link to my satellite tracker, you should be able to follow our journey here:
Tomorrow is the travel day. I had planned to pack early this week, but a last minute wiring job came up and I was swamped with that all week long. Soooo, here I am packing at the last minute for a 1600+nm delivery.
Luckily, I already have everything that I need for this adventure so there was nothing to purchase, the only problem I see is I can’t find my 12v charger for my marine radio handheld. I’m off to storage to dig through bags and boxes in search of it.