Plymouth
From Newport, it was a long day trip through the Cape Cod Canal to Plymouth, Massachusetts. We are now back into the realm of tides, which is almost nonexistent in the Caribbean. The waters of Plymouth harbour rise and fall by 12 feet (similar to the Exe).
We met up with our friend Colin who lives here but whose boat is currently in the Exeter Ship Canal. The weather turned incredibly hot for our stay and out came the barbeque and cold beers. Colin had just got himself a little boat and a lobster-catching permit and within two days of laying pots we were honoured with a taste of his very first lobster. Delicious!
Plymouth was the landing site of the original New England colonists - the Plymouth Brethren - and takes pride in celebrating its role in history. One of the exhibits is the 'Mayflower II', a working replica of the original vessel that landed here. It was a surprise to find that was she built in Brixham, Devon, in 1957 and was then sailed over here in 55 days. The boat still operates as a sailing vessel, now licensed for 75 persons - as opposed to the 102 people plus 25 crew who were originally squeezed on board.
It is strange to look at a chart and see such familiar town names on a new continent – over the next week or two we will pass Exeter, Dover, Biddeford, Portland and Bath!
We met up with our friend Colin who lives here but whose boat is currently in the Exeter Ship Canal. The weather turned incredibly hot for our stay and out came the barbeque and cold beers. Colin had just got himself a little boat and a lobster-catching permit and within two days of laying pots we were honoured with a taste of his very first lobster. Delicious!
Plymouth was the landing site of the original New England colonists - the Plymouth Brethren - and takes pride in celebrating its role in history. One of the exhibits is the 'Mayflower II', a working replica of the original vessel that landed here. It was a surprise to find that was she built in Brixham, Devon, in 1957 and was then sailed over here in 55 days. The boat still operates as a sailing vessel, now licensed for 75 persons - as opposed to the 102 people plus 25 crew who were originally squeezed on board.
It is strange to look at a chart and see such familiar town names on a new continent – over the next week or two we will pass Exeter, Dover, Biddeford, Portland and Bath!
posted by Katie at 1:19 PM
1 Comments:
Hello Ros Ailithers,
Thank you for keeping us up to date with an absolutely excellent log about your adventures!
I met you in the harbour at Bridgetown - I'm the local rep for the TSYT brig who was alongside (in quite a choppy swell I recall), and yourselves had zoomed in from Carlisle Bay to clear Customs.
It was only later on that I found out that yourselves had rescued the First Light crew - did you know that exactly 1 month after you took them off, First Light washed up on the east coast here? Local salvors had a field day... I took some photos, one of which was published in the Caribbean Compass.
I am following your route with interest, as I also sailed up that way 11 years ago, on an S & S 34 - after Newport we went thru the canal and over to Provincetown on the ened of the Cape, and then an overnight passage up to Rockland in Maine - make sure you go and visit Camden and Rockport - and the home of Wooden Boat magazine - am sure they would like to do a write up about yourselves.
Fair winds, and happy sailing and cruising adventures ahead!
Martin
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