5:30 a.m. departure is planned. We scurry about making coffee for the trip and putting things away in case the seas are bad. As we had sat in the cockpit last night enjoying the last few moments before night fall, we eyed an Osprey nest on the boat anchored near us. Mom and two (almost adults) babies have a huge nest atop this, what looked to be a Gozzard sailboat. We grabbed a few pictures as we departed.

We are in the channel that leads away from the Cape Cod Canal and things seem fairly benign. The seas are a little squirrelly but that is to be expected with the tide change, the currents and the bodies of water that all meet at the mouth of Buzzards Bay.

Winthin moments of hitting Buzzards Bay, the fog rolled in. Not just the “patchy” fog NOAA predicted. We had fog for over 80 percent of our trip through Buzzards Bay, the Rhode Island Sound and into the Block Island Sound. Folks were on channel sixteen giving their lats and longs, some giving their course headings, some calling boats to say “I see you on AIS, do you see me” and the coast guard constantly reminding folks that Channel 16 is for hailing and emergencies only. Well for one sailor who repeatedly got on and stated.....I am a twenty five foot sailboat with zero visibility, I don’t have radar or AIS, I am heading such and such......I am sure it was an emergency to him. I will not lie about it, it was intense, but with radar, AIS and listening for horns or engines or buoy markers, we came into Block Island without any issues. Okay maybe a few tight neck muscles.

Anchoring was a bit of a challenge trying to keep Ti Amos nose in the wind while Greg lowered the anchor. After a few attempts I finally get it right and Greg lowered our Spade and boom we are set. I cannot tell you how good it feels to put an anchor you trust in the water and feel it catch. We are set for the night and will await Chris Parker’s forecast for our trip Sunday to do an outside run (overnight) to Cape May.