New London, CT

We sailed from Block Island MA to New London CT with the tide and without the benefit of much wind.  Fortunately the seas were very flat so out came the spinnaker.  We were lucky to reach 4 knots in about 7-9 knots true downwind.  So, mostly we bobbed around until we ran out of daylight hours and down came the spinnaker and on went the iron jib.  Now were were making hull speed!

When we got to the anchorage at New London, we thought maybe something was wrong.  There were NO other boats in the harbor or on the mooring balls.  Turns out that it was just out of season and we really did have the place to ourselves.

Today we took an Uber to THE defender.com warehouse and picked up some much needed parts. That included a new galley sink hand pump, new cheek blocks for the lazy jacks and cleats for the reef lines.

Tomorrow is a trip to the submarine museum in Groton, home of the US nuclear submarine force and the Nautilus, the worlds first nuclear powered submarine.  My father was in the nuclear business so this is kind of a touchstone for me.

Here is David thinking twice about taking a run though the fountain in the middle of town.