We woke up to rain. We planned to go into Newport first thing to get a few items that we had forgotten but the rain delayed our trip since we didn’t want to dinghy in the rain. The weather started to clear around 11 so we decided to head into town. After stopping at West Marine and Walmart, we returned to the boat for lunch. In the afternoon we took the boat out into Naragansett Bay. We wanted to familiarize ourselves with the boat mechanics and practice getting on and off the mooring before setting off. We motored out and watched some boats’ racing. There wasn’t much wind so we didn’t bother to put up the sails.
It was still pretty cloud and there were a lot of dark clouds so we didn’t stay out for too long. I said it before but we really love the sailboat life.
After relaxing a little on the boat, we went back into Newport walked around and had a wonderful italian dinner at Mama Luisa’s. The food was very authenic and reminded us of being in Italy. By the time we got back to the boat the weather had cleared and the stars were out.
In addition to the rain, it’s been quite chilly. The forecast said overnight was going to get down to 58F. We don’t have heat on the boat but luckily we brought a down comforter.