Round and round the regatta.
12 July 2015 | New Bedford approaches
Perfect. 15 kts. Sunny. Wind from the Se over the Elizabeth Is. No sea state.
We had planned to go over to Cutty, but as we left we found the NBJR going on (200+ boats) so we basically sailed around the 420 action and enjoyed the show. They seriously had a start line of 100 boats!
At which point we'd missed the tide window for Cutty and went home for an excellent BBQ on the boat and a pleasant night on the mooring. Lots of stars. It is a very pretty river.
The next day we did the same thing in the morning and then explored New Bedford harbor. Tried a bar called Fathoms on Popes Landing that claimed to have a dock. Made it through the fence eventually but the pub wasn't worth it. Ok but not worth it.
The (yellow) town moorings work though so we may explore Fairhaven or the Whale museum.
Came home sunburnt, tired and happy. Fabulous sailing. We went no-where really fast.
NextDim was competing at the Vinyard (without us) and came 4th.
Boat is in good shape. Despite all the rain last week she was dry bilged. Battery fine. Roller furler gave us some issues, but keeping the spin sheets away seems to help. Niki found a pulpit screw that's rotating. Need to find a way of rerunning the topping lift. Niki has a workaround but there must be a better way.