Arrived in Block Island RI

We left Salem, MA around 7am on Sunday with our new friends sending us off! We can't begin to tell you how much we love sailing back in the states! Sailing was absolutely incredible. It was so wonderful we sailed right to Block Island! We arrived around 5:00pm this evening. Our goal was Cape Cod Canal but we got to the canal at 10:30pm, high tide was 10:45pm. Bob suggested that it was best to catch the tide at night to go thru the canal. This way you can avoid the nasty SW wind versus tidal current. It was a sleigh ride of speeds up to 9 knots coming down the canal. The south wind, at the start, turned to a 15 knot SW, but it was manageable enough to tack down the "fairway" buoys and out into Buzzard's Bay. Usually, this is not the case in the afternoon. The "doctor" whips up a steep chop. I fell asleep in the cockpit around midnight and slept until 7am. Roy just sailing away and loving every minute! We sailed 34 hours and 175 miles (should have been 119)! It was all upwind, but when the weather and sea are so perfect, you don't mind. The sailing was so smooth, that Roy even worked most of the day in the cabin. No swell. Must be the US waters. So, Roy could get his work done, he taught the finer points of sail trim and navigating. I learned more today than I have the whole trip. He had the confidence to let me tack and wind our way out of Buzzard Bay and into the Block Island Sound. This is our second time to Block Island, we visited 4 years ago for our anniversary. And guess what? Our 9th anniversary is Wednesday, so we will celebrate here on Block Island. Four years ago, at the Oar drinking pain killers, we said someday we will sail in here and moor for the weekend. Here we are. Never thought it would be this quick. As we were getting things put away and organized we saw a few dinghies going out to the beach to watch the sunset. We look forward to doing that ourselves and riding bikes around the islands. We plan to stay the week, so Roy can work. Then it's off to who knows where. Throw away the watch when you’re a sailor (favorite line). A day sail may turn into a mile maker.