Air Temperature: 72 Degrees
Water Temperature: 45 Degrees
Windspeed: under 5MPH
Seas: Clam – WHAT A DAY
What can I say but “WOW”! It was like a lake in Boston Harbor on Saturday from 12PM to 7PM. It was an amazing day. Saturday was the first day Donna and I took the boat out of the marina by ourselves for the day.
It was splendid. I should mention exactly where our slip is. If you look at the picture below (complements of Google Earth) and you look for the red dot almost in the middle of the picture you can see our slip. Slip C31. Now, if you look real close, you can see a HUGE 60′ Yacht next to our slip. Yup, that is the boat I almost hit (twice). The old guy who owns it isn’t real nice but his captain is and he teaches boat handling so I may take him up on a course.
Next Donna and I took a ride up the Mystic River (which is part of Boston Harbor). We went by the Tug boats because Donna loves the Tug boats.
Next we decided to take a ride out past the Constitution where we saw a couple of Naval ships in from Canada. It was very interesting, they looked just like American ships, just a different color of “Battleship Grey” but more like “Battleship Green”.
Next we plotted a course to head out of harbor and see what was out beyond the bay. Our trusty GPS helped us plot the course.
When we got out of the harbor, it was amazing. Flat and clam. We decided to just shut the engines off, turn the music on and float around.
When we got board of floating, we decided to plot a course to head north to again, “see what we could see”. Before we knew it, we were all the way up in Beverly where we originally launched the boat.
We then decided to head back to Boston, but this time took the scenic route along the coast line. We checked out the nice houses that were along the water in Lynn and Swampscott. We then motored back around Nahant and back into Boston Harbor where Donna Julie decided to get crafty with the camera and take some artsy shots of the boat reflecting in the clear bay as well as some nice overhead shots of Air Lingus coming into Logan Airport. (The planes look so close, you could actually touch them.)
It was getting late and we had such a great day it was time to head in. First we decided to get some fuel. We went to the Mystic Flue dock the “All new latest and greatest Boston Fuel Dock, open 7 days a week 7am to 7pm”, (at 4:30) and it was closed. (Someone should speak to them about that.) We did some prep work on how we would handle docking when we got to the marina, we got all the bumpers out and all the dock lines ready for a parking job. I practiced in the mouth of the marina a couple of times and decided to head in. With Donna ready I brought the boat in this time, no problem. I was very very fortunate that there was no wind this day. So, another great day on the H20!
Be back tomorrow!
