We woke up to white caps in the harbor. The white caps are a reflection of the wind speed in the harbor and the fact that the wind was coming from the North and traveling down the length of the Narraganset bay. The radio reported that the waves outside the harbor were 4-6 feet. All of this turmoil was the result of a category 3 hurricane called Franklin, located off the coast. While it didn’t hit land in the US it created a lot of agitation in the ocean.
Our friends, Randy and Karen, were supposed to go out for a sail with us however based on the early conditions we told them not to come. It was so rough that Kathryn didn’t feel safe dinghying to shore. The jib let go on the boat moored behind us and it got ripped up by the wind. Here’s a video from that morning.
By mid morning things in the harbor had started to calm down. We decided to drive to Point Judith see if there really were 4-6 ft waves. We dinghied into the car without incident. The seas didn’t look that bad so maybe NOAA was exaggerating. Here are pictures from Point Judith.
The Block Island ferry leaves from Point Judith so we drove over there just to check it out. It was running. There were also a lot of fishing boats including one named Anne Kathryn, named after me and my sister, Anne. HaHa. We saw some guys coming off one of the fishing boats so of course Rick started talking to them.
We were hungry by this time so we ended up at Iggy’s Doughboys, which I think is a RI landmark and had a good lunch.
After lunch we went to Jamestown and had a look around. Here’s a picture of the Newport bridge from Jamestown.
We went back to the boat and relaxed until dinner. We had made reservations for the us and Randy and Karen at Mamma Luisas, a great Italian restaurant in Newport. We had a wonderful dinner, except we missed Randy and Karen.