Heavy rains in the night. Moisture management is a big concern on a small boat like ours, and rain seeps in. Which means we're doing laundry, which was needed soon anyway.
It's a short sail today, across Mount Hope Bay, under a bridge, around the point and docking at the Hereshoff Marine Museum, where the great classic racing sailboats of bygone days were conceived of and built. Fifteen bucks allows you to tie up to their dock, but that gets you into the museum as well. Good deal.
The young man who comes out to help tie us up is planning to become a boat designer, and he's impressed with Eclipse as a relatively small live-aboard sailboat, able to make long journeys. We invite him to join us for dinner, but he's working late into the evening. Instead we share dessert.
We enjoy the museum with its history of winning races and breakthrough designs. And of course lots of varnished and gleaming wood and brass in their collection of classic boats that came from this factory.
The local Dermatologists have booked an evening event here, and since they have a live band (duo) playing danceable music, we have to crash the party and dance.
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