A beautiful day of sailing from Salt Pond, Block Island , RI to Newport RI. We were low on water and in need of some showers, so it was a bummer to find that the "coin op" showers at Salt Pond turned out to be tokens only for the marina guests. Oh well.
We grabbed 10 gallons from the hose at the end of the boat ramp then headed for Newport. They have a floating dock in the middle of the bay marked 'water for yachts' so we bellied up to the bar and took a full load which is 157 gallons. Nice to have warm showers finally.
The number an variety of boats here is just astounding. Everything from little day sailors to mega-mega yachts the likes I have never seen before. Christine did a wonderful job navigating around all the close in boat giving me some hair raising moments as we swung past million dollars yachts missing them my 10ft or so. I'm just glad she was driving.
It is always a little confusing entering a new harbor. It is good advise to only do so during daylight hours in settled conditions.
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