GLORY DAYS ON THE GREAT LOOP: GETTING CLOSER

DAY 339: THURS. JUNE 21, 2012

DEP PORT JEFF 06:28 ARR POINT JUDITH POND 5:18

D. 93.1sm / 5779.1

We had a peaceful night on the mooring, awoke early and well rested, had breakfast and planned our departure time so we would catch the easterly current through Fischer’s Island Sound at 2:00. Fischer’s Is. is about 9 miles long, 1 mile wide, and lies about 2 miles off the CT. shore near the end of Long Island. Because of its proximity to the shore the Sound is relatively narrow and the current can get up to 4mph. The seas were flat and the morning was sunny, bright and warm. It was about 7 hrs of beautiful cruising on a straight line to the entrance to the Sound and our biggest challenge was staying awake, just the way we like it. With the current pushing us east we made through the Fischer’s Sound in less than an hour. From the eastern end of the Sound at Napatree Point, it was another smooth boring ride to Point Judith. Point Judith was where we anchored out on our first day of our Great Loop cruise, so it was fitting that we should spend our last night on the trip here as well. On that first day, we were not as experienced as we were today, and we anchored behind the jetties in the outer harbor. As I recall, we had a bouncy night. This time, we were much wiser, cruise wise, and took the 30 minute trip north into the upper harbor and found a beautiful anchorage. Unfortunately, it was not as quiet as it first appeared as there were several boats heading home and creating wakes. It wasn’t as bad as being in the outer harbor, and it became quiet and still after the sun went down. We had our final dinner on board, went to bed early so we could get an early start for the final leg of our GREAT LOOP!