Pocasset to Provincetown sail and motoring to Marblehead, MA

August 7

At 6:30 am we left Pocasset to get through the Cape Cod canal before the current became too strong against us.   3 k pushed against us as we motored through.

 After the canal we sailed 30 miles to Provincetown and saw this beautiful schooner tall ship headed out of Provincetown Harbor.  It was a perfect day of sailing - right speed, right direction, sunny.

 

 We dropped anchor at noon in about 10 ' and dinghied into town for lunch.  Drew had a business call for about an hour or so and then we strolled around the shops.  Great people watching here.  We headed to Ross' restaurant, a place we had gone to 7 years earlier when we'd visited by car.  We slipped onto the bar stools, looked at each other and noticed, "That's the same bartender."  We remembered him and the restaurant.  We told him it was so good we came back. He said, "I'm Ross.  I now own it!"  We congratulated him and then took this picture of the view from the restaurant complete with a rainbow.

 We went to the movie "Boyhood" which we highly recommend.
It was time to sample some of the great bakery goods.  We bought a couple of items at the Portuguese Bakery,  a salted caramel creme brulee, and carrot cake. Mmmmm

AUGUST 8  We spent the night and headed out by 8:30 am after breakfast of lox and bagel at the Coffee Pot. We lifted anchor to head out for an 8 hour trip to Marblehead.  We could sail for about an hour and then the wind was dead ahead again so on went the motor.
It was nice to arrive at our familiar mooring field and Marblehead Yacht Club on Friday.  We took a shower on the boat and headed in to use our club food card for dinner on the deck.  Our good friend, Steve LaLonde, who had convinced us to head to the Keys in the first place was there.  Great to see him.  With dinner we had a bottle of Prosecco that had surprisingly survived the Florida heat.

   AUGUST 9  The next morning my friend, Pam Derringer joined us for a sail to watch the Classic Boat Corinthian Yacht Club race.  There were many beautiful yachts and tons of boats sailing out to watch the noon start just outside the harbor.  Thanks for the pix Pam.

Me, Drew and Chris in the cockpit.

 My sister Chris.  She drove us back to Exeter Friday afternoon.

AUGUST 10, Sunday in Exeter with my niece, Lisa, visiting I blew out the candles on her gift.  Mmmmm  Fun birthday and finally home sweet home.

The sailing blog will return when we sail back down with fewer fixes in the fall.  Sailing north felt wonderful and gave us a taste of what it would be like to go with everything working well.
Excelsior!