This is Labor Day Weekend. Probably not a good day to compete for space in Cuttyhunk. But Westport is straight across the bay from Cuttyhunk and provides almost as good a stopping-off point. We phone F.L. Tripp and confirm that they have moorings available for tonight. The wind is still blowing from the South West so Buzzards Bay is unpleasantly lumpy and the tide is coming in. These are not sailing conditions we enjoy. But the weather forecast for the next few days is deteriorating fast, so we want to get back to the more sheltered waters inside Narragansett Bay. At least the sun is shining. This does not stop spray from splashing the entire boat when Pavane digs her bow into the bigger waves. We chug our way slowly south, with Pavane’s modified Austin Healey
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