It has to be that perspective when viewing from sailing out of Narragansett Bays East Passage. Maybe that is it. The southern light.
An inspiritor. An inspiration similar to the glowing phosphorescence of night at sea. The sound of an hurdy gurdy comes to mind, an hurdy gurdy and a didgeridoo.
Such are some of the thoughts and afterthoughts from a day sail aboard my Albin Vega 27 Freya on November 18, 2015.
The VHF radio was pleasantly silent. A tug pulling a barge announced over channels 16 and 13 that it was inbound passing Point Judith on route to Providence. At one point someone keyed in their microphone without saying anything. Aside from those two instances there was silence on the radio.
I think I had the tidal current ebbing in my favor when I was outbound. It was still ebbing I believe when I turned around somewhere near Castle Hill.
The wind blew at about 5 knots out of the southeast. The southeast is a nice breeze for sailing Narragansett Bays East Passage.
Maybe this was the final sail of 2015 or maybe I'll get one more sail in before Old Man Winter locks everyone and everything in.
On this particular afternoon I made way about as far as Castle Hill Lighthouse before turning around to return.
Fair Winds
Captain Bill
An inspiritor. An inspiration similar to the glowing phosphorescence of night at sea. The sound of an hurdy gurdy comes to mind, an hurdy gurdy and a didgeridoo.
Such are some of the thoughts and afterthoughts from a day sail aboard my Albin Vega 27 Freya on November 18, 2015.
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| A sailboat that looks like a Volvo Ocean 40 (I'm guessing) sails into Newport Harbor. Photo by Captain Bill Podzon. Sailing Hither and Thither. |
The VHF radio was pleasantly silent. A tug pulling a barge announced over channels 16 and 13 that it was inbound passing Point Judith on route to Providence. At one point someone keyed in their microphone without saying anything. Aside from those two instances there was silence on the radio.
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| The US Coast Guard Cutter Reliance (number 615) underway and making way outbound through Narragansett Bays East Passage. Photo by Captain Bill Podzon. Sailing Hither and Thither. |
I think I had the tidal current ebbing in my favor when I was outbound. It was still ebbing I believe when I turned around somewhere near Castle Hill.
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| Rhode Island Sound and the Coast Guard Cutter Reliance making way outbound and southbound. Photo by Captain Bill Podzon. Sailing Hither and Thither. |
The wind blew at about 5 knots out of the southeast. The southeast is a nice breeze for sailing Narragansett Bays East Passage.
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| Castle Hill, Newport, Rhode Island, marking the westernmost point of Aquidneck Island. Photo by Captain Bill Podzon. Sailing Hither and Thither. |
Maybe this was the final sail of 2015 or maybe I'll get one more sail in before Old Man Winter locks everyone and everything in.
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| Beavertail Lighthouse located on the southern tip of Conanicut Island. Beavertail Lighthouse, said to be the third oldest lighthouse in the United States bids mariners farewell as they depart Narragansett Bay and welcomes their return. Photo by Captain Bill Podzon. Sailing Hither and Thither. |
On this particular afternoon I made way about as far as Castle Hill Lighthouse before turning around to return.
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| Light for an impressionist painter. It is rare I think for a digital camera to accurately record the light. A good painter more often than not is able to get a much more accurate hue. I think however that in this photo, if you look at the water you will see a blue-indigo color in the shadows of the waves in the center. On the left and right the shadows are more grey. Up above, beyond the edge of the photo in the sky, an extremely vivid blue sky hole opened up in the clouds. |
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| The eastern rise approach of the Newport Bridge crosses the scene with the Clingstone house on a rock to the left. The Mount Hope suspension bridge is visible right of center behind the rise approach. The Rose Island Lighthouse sets the far right. Photo by Captain Bill Podzon. Sailing Hither and Thither. |
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| Coast Guard Station Castle Hill tucked into Smugglers Cove. Photo by Captain Bill Podzon. Sailing Hither and Thither. |
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| This photo of Fort Adams taken on November 18, 2015 brings to mind a postcard style maybe from the 1950's? The flag is at half staff due to the tragedy in France. Photo by Captain Bill Podzon. Sailing Hither and Thither. |
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| The beginning of Newport Harbors entrance channel has the channel marker (red triangle number 2) located on the northernmost tip of the Fort Adams peninsula. The flag fly's at half staff due to the tragedy in France. Photo by Captain Bill Podzon. Sailing Hither and Thither.
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Captain Bill
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