To the black dog for socks - and lost the prop on the way back.
30 June 2017 | Vineyard Haven
Southerly 15+ more. Small craft advisory.
Plan was a weekend sail to the Vineyard to buy socks for the kids, apparently.
Small craft advisory in place. Very boisterous and fun sail over. No one else out at sea.
As we arrived in the Haven, the NMEA 2000 gave up. Lost all the instruments!
Mooring field in the Haven was a nightmare. They gave us a mooring that was too shallow - and with no instruments we bumped the bottom. Eventually in 20 knots of wind we found a mooring that worked.
Off to west marine to get a new backbone cable. The old one looked like it had been chewed. Ran the replacement.
Dinner and breakfast at the black dog. Bought the socks.
Sailed back through woods hole.
Another boisterous 15+ knot beam reach back. Sunny day. Great sailing.
Arrived and started the motor to a great shudder. Assumed we had picked up a lobster pot.
Sailed onto the mooring and called Adam the Diver. Adam dove on the boat and gave us the bad news - one of the blades had fallen off.