7 July Weekend in Newport

It had been our intention to head out to Martha's Vineyard on 5 July. The weather said 'no'. On Saturday we had heavy fog. 

Queen Mary 2 without fog

The ocean liner Queen Mary 2 docked a mile away and as the fog rolled past it was the case of 'now you see her, now you don't'. Last Saturday afternoon we had held on in a terrific rain and hail storm. Half inch balls of ice bounced off the bimini, the wind reached 30 knots, the rain bucketed and we held fast as did all the boats around us. Across the way a yacht with no-one on board dragged in to a 40' Nordhavn passage maker. Three harbour master boats were quickly on the scene and took control of the yacht moving it to a mooring ball.

While we didn't have a storm this weekend the fog was thick, making dinghy travel around the busy harbour unwise. Yes, there were still many boat out as the fog bells and horns were blowing.

On Sunday morning the wind was blowing from the NE which was exactly where we wanted to go. Instead we met an old cruising friend for brunch. The first time we met Zdenka and Jack of Kite was in Fiji and the last time was in Indonesia until we both came in to Newport on the same afternoon.

After a mega brunch we went for a walk around Fort Adam where a sail regatta had just finished. On this beautiful afternoon the views across the harbour are impressive.

Can I have one?

Pres, Eisenhower slept here