Moored in Jamestown

Freedom arrived safely in Jamestown about 10AM. She is moored at the Conanicut Yacht Club -- her home for the week while last minute boat prep is completed.

The days leading up to a major race like this means long hours for the local boat mechanics. Many entries have traveled a good distance just to get to the starting line, and consequently things happen : bolts come loose, batteries die, systems fail, or in the case of Freedom: Mufflers Leak.
Mechanics will be on and off of boats from sunup to sundown (and later) all over the Narragansett Bay area from now until minutes before the start on Friday. The race would not happen without them.

Heading North

Late Day word from the Skipper: Safe Travels, Freedom!


We just started our cruise/rally at R2 off Cape May.Under power at 7.5 knots..seems kind of wierd. We do not want to forget our mission is to get the boat to Newport in one piece for the Bermuda Race. Water is flat and weather is clear so we are off. Mechanical systems working and downloading satelite weather software whenever we have a connection. Somebody found the America's Cup replay on TV during dinner. Go figure. Looking for the Phillies game and loving this coastal cruising.

Saw a pod of about 15 dolphin on the Bay side of Cape May. They were headed in while we were headed out. (sounds like a good Springsteen song)