November 14
Power still out all day in the local area including the club. The local grocery store was closed so a super nice club member Jerry Olsen drove us all the way across town. Some dry counties ahead so we stocked up on the liquid refereshments. Last nite was a gas at the Marker 20 resturaunt. Great live band and the folks next to us were a roudy bunch celebrating a birthday adding to the fun.
Got underway early this morning trying to time the 11 am Deep Creek Lock opening. Finished hooking up the RAM Mic up at the helm and found it a terrific convenience and much safer since with the diesel going you can't hear the VHF going down below. Bridges working again and the Port of Norfolk open today again after being shut down for 2 days, and no hold ups. Lots of traffic on the way and the grand tour of 1/2 the Atlantic Fleet tied up or in dry dock in Norfolk. We passed 3 Aircraft Carriers alone (one looked very familiar re: close encounter of the crunch kind). Upon arrival found that due to trees down in the canal the lock was closed. The Army Corps of Engineers is doing the best they can to get it open for first thing tomorrow.
With some time on my hands I finally got the solenoid for the propane system wired up and cooked dinner on the new Dickenson stove. Wow what a change. It has been taking 5 minutes to warm up a cup of water in the microwave. This new stove has one double burner which if memory serves throws out 10,000 BTU's, and another single. An incredible difference from the old Kenyon alcohol stove and the auto spark ignition very cool.

A little more back tracking to catch up days not posted earlier in the trip

November 1-2 Provincetown, MA to Centerport, LI
Spent some time squaring away the boat, ran the gas line for the new propane stove, resealed the masts at the partners and the center board pendant hause pipe which was leaking badly as the seas were working in and out of the center board trunk.
Tried to fuel up, but found out that in the off season you have to call ahead and get a fuel truck to deliver it to the dock. Departed at 2:30 and had a great broad reach down to the Cape Cod Canal entrance. Autopilot acting up and not reliable. Passed a couple of barges in the canal, but plenty wide enough for both of us. As we headed out into Buzzards Bay the moon came out and made for a cool but pleasant rundown the bay. At midnight the wind started picking up from the east and gave a good boost to our speed. Motor sailed thru the nite past Newport, Block Island, Fishers Island and made the race at the entrance to Long Island Sound around day break. Got quite a scare as the current and chop kept setting off the alarm on the depth sounder even though we were in 200 feet of water. Following current of 3 knots and a fair wind of 25 knots made for a quick run down the sound. Arrived at Centerport, LI under a full moon and had to weave our way thru several hundred moorings, most of which were unoccupied. Entrance to my brother-in-law's channel was dicy as is it un lit and very shallow. Rafted up with his boat at 9 PM and got a well needed shower and dinner after hand steering for 30 hours. The 3 hour watch system seems to be working well.