Saturday July 11, 2009
After spending the night on-board at Kingman, I woke up around 7 AM to take Wilson to "do his business". I always get a little nervous with him on board that if he has to go....he'll just go right there. As I was stepping off the swim platform and on to the dock I thought to myself "keep an eye on Wilson, I don't want him to fall in like he did last year". Sure enough, I step off and hear "splash". I grabbed his collar before he slipped under the boat or dock and hauled him up onto the dock. He shook off there for a few minutes and then proceeded up the ramp.
It was as calm as could be, almost no wind and bright sunshine. But the forecast called for a freshening SW wind later in the day, so when I got back after our brief walk I woke Lynn, Kristi and Keri up. We all walked to "Provisions" and grabbed some breakfast. Kristi tried to bring a banana on board (to have with her cereal), but I quickly (and maybe too harshly) told her that bananas are absolutely forbidden on my boat (especially after what happened on Memorial Day weekend....it was all the bananas fault).
We got off the dock around 9:30AM, with a slight SW breeze picking up to around 10 kts. I
figured this would make Buzzards Bay a bit choppy, but not too bad since it was just picking up. Once we made it through Woods Hole, the seas would be behind us, on the starboard side.
Wilson was a little nervous initially about the wind and waves and sounds of the engines....but he did OK. Once he got his "sea legs", as Lynn would say, he was good to go.
We arrived in Edgartown around 11:30 after a nice ride over. I called the Harborside on the marine radio and told them we were in the harbor and asked where we should tie up. They responded that we would not be allowed to tie up until after 3PM. All of the slips were used for "the lunch crowd" on Sat and Sun. This probably would have been good info to have before we got over there.
Luckily, we were able to hook on to a town mooring for a few hours.
We loaded up the Dinghy - Legal Tender and cruised around the harbor. This was also Wilsons first dinghy ride....and we got some laughs - 2 adults, 2 kids, lots of stuff to spend the day in town and 1 big hairy dog.....all stuffed onto a 10 ft dinghy with a little 4 hp motor.
We tied up at the dinghy dock next to the Harborside and the kids wanted to hit the pool. Lynn stayed with Wilson, since he was not allowed into the pool area.
By 1 or 2 PM, the wind had kicked up to 15-20 kts SW. We walked over to get some lunch and eat at the muni dock. Around 3, we headed back to the Harborside and the dock master - Will, told us we would be on the end of the dock - a nice easy spot to get into.
We left Kristi, Keri and Wilson near the docks and Lynn and I took the Old Port Launch out to the mooring. Of course as we are getting ready to come into the dock, Will tells us (over the radio) that there has been a change in plans and we are now in-front of a boat that is already docked. I knew this would require some delicate boat handling...and knowing I was not up to that task, I radioed back to Will and asked him to climb on the boat I needed to go by, and guide me in. I will say, both Lynn (on the bow of Salesman Ship) and Will (on the bow and side of the other boat) made me look like a pro. The owner of the other boat came out and I was even able to make a little joke to him about me being concerned more about his boat then mine........
After we tied up and got settled, Lynn and the girls went back up to the pool. I stayed behind with Wilson and he and I took a little nap. I'm not sure how other people like to go boating with their dogs......its very restricting if you can't leave them behind on your boat.
When Lynn and the girls came back after a few hours, Kristi and Keri wanted a hot shower and to charge their portable DVD player (can't live without that!!). The Harborside is a great location, BUT they don't have any shore power on the docks so it is kinda like being on a mooring. I fired up the genny for a few hours so the girls could take hot showers, and then powered the genny off for the rest of the night. The sun was getting lower in the sky, and Kristi and I decided to take a dingy ride around Edgartown harbor. It is a really cool harbor with lots of great boats and many fantastic houses. Kris and I picked out the houses that we would "take", if given the opportunity. We each picked our top 5. We both agreed that our #1 choice was Ernie Boch's house. From the water, it looks like a good size hotel.
After spending the night on-board at Kingman, I woke up around 7 AM to take Wilson to "do his business". I always get a little nervous with him on board that if he has to go....he'll just go right there. As I was stepping off the swim platform and on to the dock I thought to myself "keep an eye on Wilson, I don't want him to fall in like he did last year". Sure enough, I step off and hear "splash". I grabbed his collar before he slipped under the boat or dock and hauled him up onto the dock. He shook off there for a few minutes and then proceeded up the ramp.
It was as calm as could be, almost no wind and bright sunshine. But the forecast called for a freshening SW wind later in the day, so when I got back after our brief walk I woke Lynn, Kristi and Keri up. We all walked to "Provisions" and grabbed some breakfast. Kristi tried to bring a banana on board (to have with her cereal), but I quickly (and maybe too harshly) told her that bananas are absolutely forbidden on my boat (especially after what happened on Memorial Day weekend....it was all the bananas fault).
We got off the dock around 9:30AM, with a slight SW breeze picking up to around 10 kts. I
figured this would make Buzzards Bay a bit choppy, but not too bad since it was just picking up. Once we made it through Woods Hole, the seas would be behind us, on the starboard side.Wilson was a little nervous initially about the wind and waves and sounds of the engines....but he did OK. Once he got his "sea legs", as Lynn would say, he was good to go.
We arrived in Edgartown around 11:30 after a nice ride over. I called the Harborside on the marine radio and told them we were in the harbor and asked where we should tie up. They responded that we would not be allowed to tie up until after 3PM. All of the slips were used for "the lunch crowd" on Sat and Sun. This probably would have been good info to have before we got over there.
Luckily, we were able to hook on to a town mooring for a few hours.
We loaded up the Dinghy - Legal Tender and cruised around the harbor. This was also Wilsons first dinghy ride....and we got some laughs - 2 adults, 2 kids, lots of stuff to spend the day in town and 1 big hairy dog.....all stuffed onto a 10 ft dinghy with a little 4 hp motor.
We tied up at the dinghy dock next to the Harborside and the kids wanted to hit the pool. Lynn stayed with Wilson, since he was not allowed into the pool area.
By 1 or 2 PM, the wind had kicked up to 15-20 kts SW. We walked over to get some lunch and eat at the muni dock. Around 3, we headed back to the Harborside and the dock master - Will, told us we would be on the end of the dock - a nice easy spot to get into.
We left Kristi, Keri and Wilson near the docks and Lynn and I took the Old Port Launch out to the mooring. Of course as we are getting ready to come into the dock, Will tells us (over the radio) that there has been a change in plans and we are now in-front of a boat that is already docked. I knew this would require some delicate boat handling...and knowing I was not up to that task, I radioed back to Will and asked him to climb on the boat I needed to go by, and guide me in. I will say, both Lynn (on the bow of Salesman Ship) and Will (on the bow and side of the other boat) made me look like a pro. The owner of the other boat came out and I was even able to make a little joke to him about me being concerned more about his boat then mine........
After we tied up and got settled, Lynn and the girls went back up to the pool. I stayed behind with Wilson and he and I took a little nap. I'm not sure how other people like to go boating with their dogs......its very restricting if you can't leave them behind on your boat.
When Lynn and the girls came back after a few hours, Kristi and Keri wanted a hot shower and to charge their portable DVD player (can't live without that!!). The Harborside is a great location, BUT they don't have any shore power on the docks so it is kinda like being on a mooring. I fired up the genny for a few hours so the girls could take hot showers, and then powered the genny off for the rest of the night. The sun was getting lower in the sky, and Kristi and I decided to take a dingy ride around Edgartown harbor. It is a really cool harbor with lots of great boats and many fantastic houses. Kris and I picked out the houses that we would "take", if given the opportunity. We each picked our top 5. We both agreed that our #1 choice was Ernie Boch's house. From the water, it looks like a good size hotel.
When Kris and I got back, we walked up to Skinny Fat Sandwiches and ordered some dinner to bring back to the boat. We also stop by the store to pick up some much needed supplies....(read - wine for Lynn).
We ate and then started a game of Dogopoly. Its kind of like Monopoly, except everything is about dogs. I made it for an hour or so and then hit the bed.
At night, the rain came DOWN - hard!!!! On top of that, I forgot to tie the flag up (on the bow) and the sound of it moving all night kept Lynn and I awake.
Note the flag.........and the boat behind mine that I needed to squeeze by......
When I finally got up around 6, the skies were partly cloud and the SW wind was blowing around 15 - 20 kts. We ate some breakfast and the kids wanted to go back in the pool. We stayed around Edgartown and left around 12 noon. I thought the seas would be a little bigger from the wind blowing for the past 24 hours, but they were only 1 - 2 footers. Once through Woods Hole and into Buzzards Bay, the waves were behind us and it was a nice trip up the Bay. I decided we should take a trip up to Onset to get fuel and I knew the price of Diesel would be less at Pt Independence Yacht Club than at Kingman. We took on 147 gals @ 2.49 per gal and headed back to our slip. Once back at the slip we cleaned the boat as a family and then packed up to head home...after a stop for ice cream, of course.
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