August 15-31, 2025 Gloucester, MA to
Friday August 15th
Slept in, breakfast in the cockpit. Launch to town for OJ and FL Woods's CBYC 1/4 zip for Laz. Line at fuel dock so went on. Wind 11-15 kts from NNE with big waves. Had to tack out as wind was shifty enough that we couldn't quite dodge the rocks on one tack. Went way out so we could tack back in towards Gloucester. Big wind, big waves, big fun.
On mooring at 1605
Dinner with Keith and Agnes Miller at Oak and Ember in Gloucester
Saturday August 16th
Lay day Gloucester
Croissants and yogurt
Refueled and filled forward water tank at Brown's Yacht Yard
Into town to Source Bakery, Mark Adrian, Bishco for lunch, Turtle Alley!
Back to baji-naji and saw another Dufour 382 on a mooring a few away from us. Boji'd over to meet Jeff and Susie on Painted Kite. Fun to compare notes! They were missing and wanted the wine rack in the floor by the stairs so we Boji'd back and brought it to them! Brought them to baji-naji to show and then Laz took them to shore to meet their kids.
Apps: cheese board and Dinner of leftovers
Excellent band tonight on land. Boomsoss
Sunday August 17th
Up at 0730 and off the mooring at 0810 to go to Provincetown! Didn’t get past Ten Pound Island when the engine alarm started screaming. Overheating, so we limped back at forward idle to IH-14 mooring ball.
Turns out the alternator belt shredded and fell off. Laz and I read the manual, undid the correct screws, and once the metal cooled a bit could move the alternator almost enough to put the new belt on. Yes, we have spares. We pulled, tugged, gently tried a crowbar and need just a few more millimeters. So frustrating. The new alternator for the lithium battery is just a wee bit bigger than the old one and those millimeters matter. We can see where it ‘should’ pivot to, we just can’t get it there.
Meanwhile, even if we could get it on, the weather for tonight in P-town is storms. So we decided to stay in Gloucester and see if we can get help tomorrow and then set out on Tuesday. I had to do a round of changing all the bookings on Dockwa. Most people were very kind, and able to do that right away. Gloucester harbormaster was very kind and able to extend our booking til Tuesday. Good news is that my college roommate, Lydia, and her husband David, who live in Lexington, will be able to come out tomorrow and meet for dinner. Something nice out of all of it.
And yes, it was Arsenal v. Ma
