Heading South in Point Judith

7AM this morning was cold. There was frozen water in the dock cart and frost on the car windshield.

Dock cart full of frozen water. It’s cold this morning!
Frosty windshield

The boatyard was full of friends boats on the hard.

Buddy & Renee’s SV Star Watch with the beautiful blue hull with a gold boot stripe

As we pulled away from the marina a look back shows just how many of the slips are empty as the boatyard crew is working overtime to get all the boats pulled and blocked on the hard for the winter.

Empty slips everywhere

Last year many people asked me questions like …

  • How long does it take to make it to Florida?
  • How many hours did you put on the diesel to get to Florida?
  • How many gallons of diesel did you use?

In response, I reset my “fuel used” on my Cummins Smartcraft display.

I also snapped photos below of the main and genset hour meters.

1104 hours on the Cummins QSB 5.9L 330HP diesel
775 hours on the Northern Lights 9KW genset

The pilot house was warm and the sun was shining on the water.

Even on cold winter days the pilot house with all it’s windows stays toasty warm

W02L001 – Winter Season 02, Leg 001 of many looked like this…

We anchored in Point Judith’s “Harbor of Refuge” and just in time as the sun is setting.

Sunset in Harbor of Refuge

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