It’s about the people!

We set sail on Tuesday for Westbrook, Connecticut and docked at Harry’s. It was a beautiful reach all the way. Wednesday was a nasty rainy day , so we stayed an extra night and we were so glad we did.

Lunch at Lenny and Joe’s Fish Tales was awesome. The best lobster bisque – large pieces of lobster in every bite.

Thursday morning, I started chatting with an elderly woman about her dog. She told me she cruised with her seven children. Eric said, “ Must have been interesting keeping that crew in line”.

Her response was Captain Johnson taught her how to keep a crew in line when she was a young girl. Turns out Captain Johnson was Irving Johnson, Captain of the Brigantine Yankee. The lady sailed on the last voyage of the Yankee when she was 18! She is a spry 87 year old now! Eric read all of Irving Johnson’s books about voyaging under sail when he was a lad – felt like he touched history today.

Eric posted a picture on Instagram of the coast guard sailing training ship “Eagle”. A man responded asking where we were since he was looking at the same boat. We were docked on opposite sides of the ship in New London. Turns out he owns a Herreshoff ketch called “Prudence” that is the sister ship of a boat our son worked on. Eric and our son were speaking about the sister ship just a week ago and we found her.

Prior to leaving Branford, I saw a man collecting crabs with two young girls.

Book Review. 5 stars best rating

Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand 4

Beach read with great characters.

Secret Orphan by Glynnis Peters 3

Started strong …