Day 17: Newport to New London, CT

Hey everyone, we have made it safely to New London, CT – and early enough in the day for me to post with some video We have avoided Bill Laziness for at least this evening. Anyway, here’s the video I captured this morning before we left Newport:

So as you can see, fun times in Newport. Make your way out there if you ever have a chance. As for today’s trip, it was relatively uneventful. Calm seas, decent wind. We sailed for a while but had to keep tacking to head in the right direction, so when the wind died down again we dropped our sails and just motored on. The current helped us a ton and we hit about 9.5 kts in this tanker.

Captain Pete and I are probably about to start scavanging for foodstuffs pretty soon. I’ll report back on our level of success at doing so in the morning before we leave. Tomorrow I believe we are heading for somewhere in western Connecticut, perhaps Bridgeport.

- Bill, First Mate of the Audrey Marie