Heading South

At Sea, N 43 29 W 70 03

Tuesday, September 5

The weather forecast said that the predominant winds for the next week will be SW 5-10 knots. That sucks for someone trying to sail southwesterly. It did promise a period of 12 hours with NE winds tonight after midnight (together with steady rain) so we decided to leave Jewel Island mid afternoon and to sail overnight toward Isle of Shoals.

Now the latest weather report is saying that even in the 12 hour period, we won't have much wind. Oh well, it will be a very slow very wet trip. We want to be in Marblehead Mass on Saturday to meet with my sisters Nancy and Marilyn.

Before leaving we took another hike on the Jewel Island trails. It is a very nice island. The shades of green in the forest and moss are lovely. We saw lookout towers and gun en placements that were manned in 1944 to watch for German U boats. I must admit that Jewel Island is very nice. Valcour Island is nicer but not by much.,

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