Wonderful N-NW wind behind us - 2-3 ft. waves. We're so relieved to finally be underway on our "new to us" boat. We picked up a hitchhiking sparrow who has been clinging to the Bimini for an hour now... he's a long way from land for those little wings! The geese are also heading South.
We're anticipating having to motor this afternoon as the wind will die down and we have to maintain speed to catch the current in the canal. Will be crossing Boston traffic lanes at night.... Always a fun time. Addendum….
Arrived at Cape Cod Canal entrance on time- sun shining. It was a long night- cold! and started raining as we crossed Boston travel lanes…. BUT our adrenaline got ramped up as we were sailing along- 14 kts of wind on a beam reach and suddenly came to a complete STOP ( in the dark…. 5 am)……
There are random large red marker balls that look like moorings- and we ran over one of them… luckily we were bouncing in waves and it popped free. … and then we were AWAKE to be greeted by the Canal’s beacon.


Stay safe out there family & friends!