Log of s/v Bellerophon

We woke up Friday morning and hailed the launch at Dutch to make sure we paid for our mooring. Apparently we are the exception -- they must have said "thanks for being so honest" a half-dozen times! We set sail for Block at about 2 bells in the forenoon watch. What a great sail! After short-tacking out of the west passage we made for 1BI, managing to tack only twice. Got some great views of Pt Judith Light as we sailed by.

At 8 bells we encountered heavy fog, and sailed for the last 2 hours with about an 8th of a mile, relying just on radar. We pulled into Great Salt Pond and were on the mooring by 5 bells in the afternoon watch. We had our choice of moorings! The place was empty. We took the launch into shore and then a taxi to Ballards. We stopped at a few places on the way back, but all the bars on this side of the island are closed. Maybe we'll have better luck tomorrow!

The Off Soundings Watch Hill to Block Island race ended somewhere during the first dog watch and the entire fleet sailed into New Harbor. Good thing we got here when we did.

We just finished our cigars and are about to hoist the cocktail flag.