We’ve put it on Shelly’s car until next Spring!!!

Lunch aboard, day after Thanksgiving 2020.

We officially passed 100 engine hours for the season since we pushed off from East Warwick RI in July.

The air temp was 60F in light airs. Very comfortable under canvas. We might come out tomorrow too, or do some work aboard tomorrow.

And, we are not alone! Others have the same idea.

64F air and no wind!

Water’s temp is a hair under 50F. Should have brought my woolen jock strap and bathing suit.

Stats:

72 times getting underway this season (either boat)

44 times in the Mainship. After 90 sea days in the Mainship I can upgrade my USCG Captain’s License to a 50 ton rating.

We stayed overnight 95 times this season with one boat or the other.

Engine hours on MS390 at end of day: 1479.72

NMiles logged (since 8/29/20): 282.3

July when leaving port in East Greenwich RI.

Today after securing at S-Dock.

This video might help you get inside our heads! (30+ minutes… but it’s worth it!)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wsdFbk2Y4ws

We love these guys’ episodes on Youtube!

Pumpkin Muffin in her winter berth:

Furniture moved around to give access to the engine and systems for winterization.

Total lifetime hours on the engine at the end of our season:

Lots of boats out tonight.

Another “Summer Day” in November here on Great South Bay.

Hundreds of boats out here again today.

For some reason, we did not feel the earthquake this morning while hanging out on the boat. <wink>

Warm, but not warm enough to jump into 58F degree water!

It doesn’t get any better than this! November boating in 70+ degrees light wind. Lots of other boaters agree as you can see in the (at anchor) vid below:

Nice pic!

Here is some txt to go with it found on FB this week.

I want to age like sea glass.

Smoothed by tides,

but not broken.

I want my hard edges to soften.

I want to ride the waves

and go with the flow.

I want to catch a wave

and let it carry me

to where I belong.

I want to be picked up

and held gently by

those who delight in my

well earned patina and

appreciate the changes I went

through to achieve that beauty.

I want to enjoy the journey

and always remember that if

you give the ocean something

breakable it will turn it into

something beautiful.

I want to age like sea glass.

I feared the starboard dock cleat was going to rip out when I checked on the boat this morning. The gusts were giving this on line a violent workout. So I bought a second cleat, added a second line, and added the shock absorbers.

Big improvement!

The boat was riding much better!