Port Washington

After a few hours we turned into the bay to Port Washington. We had a couple of other boats with us, who veered off in a hurry to pick up a ball. Mooring balls can be pricey and we are actually happier on anchor. One never knows how well maintained the mooring balls are. In our anchor we trust!

It continued to rain on Sunday and on Monday, Andrew and I took a gap and shot to the shore in the dinghy. This town is very cruiser friendly. There are two dinghy docks. You are allowed to drop rubbish at one but not at the other. The Stop & Shop is just over the road from the second dinghy dock.

We got stopped in the shop by a lady who said we must be on a boat with that tan. Both of us wearing shorts in this freezing weather. She was interested in where we had come from and where we were going. People are generally amazed that we have sailed all this way from South Africa!

There was a robot in the shop that apparently can "see" if things are low on the shelves and reports spills and mess in the shop. The robot took a shining to Andrew and followed him around, beeping as it went. Maybe security were checking us out with our backpacks on our backs!

We bought a few things and headed back to the boat in the rain. 

After spending the whole of Tuesday hunkered down as it rained all day, the sun finally came out on Wednesday. It was time to do some chores. Laundry was a top priority as the last time we had done washing was in Rock Hall. We dragged poor Laura along with for the walk and spent the next 2 and a half hours watching washing go round. 

A bit dramatic

Later we went ashore again to go to the shops. There is a Target close to the laundry. We went to see what they had. Next was a stop at the shop to get the all important eggs and cheese and a few other things.

That evening we watched an almost full blood moon rise in the night sky. It was absolutely amazing. 

Blood Moon

The sun was shining again on Thursday and after Andrew had gone to get water we went ashore to do linen washing. And then back to the shop to do a proper provision in anticipation of not being near shops for the next few days.

We watched a few boats doing a bay race. Some of them came quite close past us. 

Andrew had done an Amazon order for Laura’s birthday which is next week. He also bought me a present for my birthday and insisted I get it early. Well, what a spoil! He bought me DJI microphone and a DJI camera. I have been wanting another camera since our GoPro died in Guadeloupe!

The camera is amazing and I spent the evening filming the boat race. The mic is brilliant as it will cancel out all the horrible wind noise I usually have with my videos. YouTube videos are going to be so much better! Thank you, Andrew!

So excited!

On Friday morning, Andrew did a last water run and then we upped anchor and headed out.

Unfortunately, we couldn’t sail as the light wind was on the nose, so it was motoring all the way to Oyster Bay!