[password]seabird14
[position] 41 28.77 N 071 19.63 W
[speed]
[weather] 19kts NNE
[status] Anchored, Newport, Rhode Isl, USA. Had a glorious 46nm downwind run from Marion today, taking about 6 hours to arrive here in Newport RI. NE winds between 15-20kts kept us togged up in our foul weather gear, with a steady flow of hot drinks to the on watch crew in the cockpit. It is hard to believe that just yesterday in Marion it was 80F and so humid we almost ran our aircon! Today it is a cold and windy 50F and there is a definite feel of fall in the air. The anchorage is much emptier than when we departed just under 4 months ago for our New England and Nova Scotia cruising season, and we appear to be one of the only cruisers still lingering this far north. Here we will wait some weather out, see some museums and sites, then start making our way toward New York in the next favorable sailing wind.
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