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Here is our the planned 4-day route home from Safe Harbor Pilot's Point Westbrook, CT to Safe Harbor at Sunset Bay Hull, MA
Here are the Nebo Logs from the trip:
- July 25, 2020 Trip - Day 1 of 4, Westbrook, CT to Block Island, RI
- July 26, 2020 Trip - Day 2 of 4, Block Island RI to Cuttyhunk, MA
- July 27, 2020 Trip - Day 3 of 4, Cuttyhunk MA to Plymouth MA
- July 28, 2020 Trip - Day 4 of 4, Plymouth MA to Hull, MA
Day 1: Traveling to Block Island RI.
We hit real heavy fog once we got into the Long Island Sound. Thank goodness for our new Garmin Radar!!
But as the day went on, the fog lifted and became a nice sunny day; Pictures of the Fisher Island Light and a fishing boat in Block Island Sound.
We met up with John and Lynn when we arrived at Block Island. Chance to see their new Viking!! Great time, great dinner!!
Day 2: Traveling to Cuttyhunk MA.
For pretty much of the whole trip we had a strong 2-3 foot "following" sea. Learned a lot about the Monk36 today, certainly learned how to surf as the waves pushed us a long. That was not much of an issue, but when we arrived at Cuttyhunk, the winds had picked up quite a bit and were blowing a steady 30 MPH. I did try and dock but with the wind directly on the beam and I could not dock "stern to", so we decided to take a mooring!! That was an adventure I'm not looking forward to repeating any time soon. Let's just say we were the entertainment for the night. The mooring field was packed, heavy winds and new mooring balls with risers (?) and eye holes at the end, no mooring lines (??), new to us, it took Val and I a couple of passes.... but success... we even got a standing ovation from our audience!! We were rewarded with a great sunset. Not to mention the Cuttyhunk "raw bar" boat delivering some really good "Cuttyhunk" oysters.
Day 3: Traveling to Plymouth, MA.
Nice beautiful day, sunny, slight wind. Timed the trip through the Cape Cod Canal perfectly... Had the Perfect Agenda moving at 14 mph!!
The Train and Sagamore Bridges:
The trip into Plymouth harbor was very pretty and hot. The heat and humidity has been tough the last few days.
Safe Harbor Plymouth Marina was really nice, great docks, little restaurant and of course "Plymouth Rock", more like Plymouth Peeble...
Day 4: Finally heading home to Hull, MA
Another beautiful and hot day. Sunny skies, slight wind, absolutely gorgeous!! Val used her phone to keep track of where we were!! Look at that temp.. 91!!
Two iconic lighthouses on this leg, Minot and Boston Lights!
We finally arrived!! Safe Harbor at Sunset Bay!!
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In order to install the new davit system we needed to take a trip to Westbrook CT, it was our first "real" trip with the Perfect agenda. All the work we had done up until this point was being put to the test. I think it worked!!
Here is some information around that trip:
- July 5, 2020 Trip - Westport Point MA to Westbrook, CT
One of the many things Val and I saw during our trip to Ft. Pierce FL for the 2020 MOA rendezvous was a great davit system from Sea Wise Marine. Definitely not the cheapest davit system but most certainly one of the best I've seen. A lot of work was done upfront, sending specific measurements to the manufacturer because each system is built to your boat. Here is an idea of some of the measurements taken. Actually needed to move the swim ladder, and install some extra support for the swim platform.
Here are the results of the installation:
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Val and I went to a Monk 36 Owner's Association (MOA) rendezvous in Ft. Pierce FL in February 2020. Our first rendezvous ever... we did not take our boat. We really wanted to meet fellow owners and see what they have done with their boats. We had great time, met a lot of great people, learned a ton about our boat and gained more insights on what changes we need to make.
For example, here is where we first saw the Sea Wise Davit system installed on a Monk36! Great system, really liked it a lot.
Other ideas included, railings, storage, screen doors for the galley.
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After purchasing the Perfect Agenda in August of 2019, Val and I kept her at F.L. Tripp and Sons marina until July of 2020. All the marina staff, fellow boaters were great. This was a really great marina, I feel lucky to have met everyone there. Including Carl, no matter what Rich said!!
We worked on her over the winter/spring of 2019-2020. I was furloughed from work for 6 weeks because of Covid-19 in the beginning of 2020, so Val and I spent our quarantine time down in Westport Point just working on the boat. After she came out of her "cold/dark" shed, we were right on the bulkhead next to the entrance to "D" dock where we got to meet a lot of good people that would stop and comment on all the work Val and I were doing. Sharing stories and well wishes.
We did a lot of work.
For example, before and after pictures of the bottom paint, from this 1970s green to this modern blue.
We stayed at F.L. Tripp's marina until the beginning of July 2020 while we were planning a trip to Safe Harbor's Pilot's Point Marina in Westbrook CT. for the installation of the Sea Wise Davit System before heading to our home port of Safe Harbor's at Sunset Bay in Hull, MA.