After leaving the dock at the Shipyard Marina in Hingham on Thursday (9/11), we headed to World's End in Hull. We only went a few miles so that we at least started our trip on a Thursday and not a Friday (old sailor's superstition). The night was gorgeous hanging on a mooring there. We had a great dinner of crispy romain lettuce, tomato, and onion with a cheesburger on top (no bread). So what is that a cheeseburger salad? We had red wine watching the sunset and went to bed early.
Today, our plan was to head to P-town. We had very strong winds (15 to 20 with gusts up to 25) coming from the southwest. Our heading was 150 degrees (southeast). We were healed over approximately 15-20 degrees to port on a starbourd tack. When we started the seas were only about 1 - 2 feet. However, they were rising to 3-4 feet. The dinghy davits were healed over quite far, and we are currently unable to lock them in at this point (a situation we hope to remedy real soon)! With the dinghy hung so far to port, we were worried about losing it or even worse the solar panel which is mounted to the davits. Steve made an executive decision to change course to head more into the bay area to relieve the healing and straighten out the davits. It worked beautifully. With our new heading, the boat straightened out and the sailing was much more pleasant. With our new heading, we were pointed right into Scituate harbor. So that is where we are for tonight.
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