Sorry we haven't posted in a while, no internet service at our latest anchorage. Our new propeller finally arrived in New Bedford late Thursday, and we promptly put it on the engine. Regardless, we would have been grounded anyway with about 5 straight days of small craft advisories in Buzzard's Bay. Yesterday the weather looked good, we had the new prop, and the hurricanes were still far south, so we decided to head over to Martha's Vineyard for the weekend. Relatively easy sail across Buzzard's Bay to Woods Hole with winds out of the west at 10 knots. It was a race to get to the Woods Hole Straight before the strong current there would be against us. We got there with minutes to spare and shot through with the current. Once through it was an easy hop over to the Lake Tashmoo inlet on the Vineyard. We found a nice anchorage on the far side of the lake, kayaked to the dinghy dock, then walked the mile to Vineyard Haven.
Needless to say our schedule south has been pushed back quite a bit with watching the looming hurricanes and prop issue. As I always say "the journey is the destination" and we've been having fun despite not making much progress south. Rather than trying to make up for lost miles and running into hurricane remnants, we've decided to relax and sail to Cape & Islands for as long as the weather safely allows. Hoping everyone affected by the hurricanes further south stays safe.
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