Thursday, August 14 - Day 5 - Depart Newport, RI for CT

The weather clears up nicely and we depart Newport, Rhode Island enroute to Long Island Sound for a stop in Connecticut. We fuel up at Goat Island and get a pump out before leaving with a small fleet of boats exiting after the stormy day before.

 Small craft advisories are posted for Cape Cod to Watch Hill - it is windy with rolling swells in Block Island Sound, but no big deal, if not overly comfortable.  After the Watch Hill Passage, we go behind Fisher's Island (Mystic, CT area) and on into Long Island Sound where no advisories are posted.  Ironically, the opposing west winds and easterly currents result in rough water and some breaking waves which makes for rough going, despite slowing down to ease the pounding.

We decide with the strong west winds, ducking into the Connecticut River for the night made sense.  We fuel up in Old Lyme and bypass fancy Old Saybrook marinas for Old Lyme Marina which has access to grocery store and restaurant in easy walking distance.   A handy stop, getting some walking in and dining out after two isolated evenings in Newport (of all places) was most welcome.

WE DUCK INTO CONNECTICUT RIVER -  HEAD UP TO OLD LYME BEYOND BRIDGE

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