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On our way out of Newport, there was a fairly new 55 foot Sundancer about 1/2 mile behind us. I had seen them in Nantucket as well. He radioed a boat coming in and they went to channel 14 and I listened in. The 55 Sundancer wanted a weather report and the guy said "well... 6-8 foot rollers and if you are going straight into them, you'll get beat to death." Now, the NOAA buoy about 20 miles south of Montauk on the Atlantic oceon was showing 5.6 foot waves or so with a 6 second average period and an 8 second dominant period. My XM weather, however, was showing 7.8 - 7.9 foot waves around Rhode Island sound but I didn't really believe that... I guess, and stupid me, I didn't really account for the fact the wind had been blowing really hard out of the south for the last few days and this front was only up by Nantucket by the time we left... oops.. Anyway... My wife heard the guys talking on the VHF and just gives me the "evil boater's wife death stare".
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The waves were big... Out around Point Judith, they got really big and Philippe was sitting in the seat in front of the helm and gives me this look of panic as the boat launches off a wave and comes down in a trough. Priceless. The boat wasn't pounding but we sure did get tossed around like a cork until we got to Block Island. The only words Susie spoke were "This thing isn't going to roll over is it?" and "I'm going downstairs to put the dog life jackets on them." Susie got sick, John got sick, Timmy got sick, Chris got sick and Philippe was too stupid to get sick. After about 1/2 an hour, my RayNav 300 GPS display blanks out... that's always a good feeling when a piece of electronics, like.. say... the GPS.. conks out. Good thing for backups. I will admit I started to have some "perspiration" on the back of my neck at that point. Also, the keyboard for the Nav computer took a fall and busted and the front stateroom's mattress and bedding came off the bed.
The waves were big... Out around Point Judith, they got really big and Philippe was sitting in the seat in front of the helm and gives me this look of panic as the boat launches off a wave and comes down in a trough. Priceless. The boat wasn't pounding but we sure did get tossed around like a cork until we got to Block Island. The only words Susie spoke were "This thing isn't going to roll over is it?" and "I'm going downstairs to put the dog life jackets on them." Susie got sick, John got sick, Timmy got sick, Chris got sick and Philippe was too stupid to get sick. After about 1/2 an hour, my RayNav 300 GPS display blanks out... that's always a good feeling when a piece of electronics, like.. say... the GPS.. conks out. Good thing for backups. I will admit I started to have some "perspiration" on the back of my neck at that point. Also, the keyboard for the Nav computer took a fall and busted and the front stateroom's mattress and bedding came off the bed.
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We made it just fine. Even some boats small than us pulled in later in the day so it couldn't have been that bad. I did, however, talk to a guy up by the grills here that got a room for the night as him and his wife got sick coming over on the ferry and they didn't want to go back until it calmed down today.
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So I'm not posting much as I needed to forget the camera and kiss some ass last night. The ass kissing will continue for another day.
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The place here is great though. Wonderful resort and a real focus on family... and the weather is great today:
The view off the boat:
And docked:
I'm hoping I just had a wire come loose under the helm but I can't really look at that until the ass kissing is over.
More later.
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Come on Gary, show her who's the man and wears the pants in the family. Um...wait, maybe you shouldn't listen to a divorced guy. lol. "If momma ain't happy, nobodys happy". I keep telling myself that. I hope one day to remarry, I just have to get that single thing straight!
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