EP 42 The Last Sail of the 2021 Season on S/V Paradox

Hello and welcome to the Sailing and Cruising the East Coast of the United States podcast. In this episode, Mike and I discuss the last sail of the season I did with my son Jason on Paradox, our 2009 Hunter 45 DS. We arrived at the boat on Friday evening around 9:00 PM. It was Columbus Day weekend and the weather was supposed to be nice. We dropped the dock lines on Saturday morning around 10:00 AM and it was 45 degrees, with solid overcast skies with a 10-15 knot wind from the East. It was COLD! We sailed, all the way to the Newport bridge on one tack and past Newport into Long Island Sound. Where we experienced a nice ocean swell of 5-6 feet. All of a sudden Paradox felt small. We came back North via the West passage and arrived back at Bullock Cove, in the dark, around 8:00 PM. It was approximately a 40 nautical mile trip, the longest of the season. We love to hear from our listeners, send us your questions, comments, and suggestions at sailingtheeast@gmail.com. If you know someone that would be an interesting guest on the show, please reach out to us and let us know. Wishing you fair winds, and calm seas. Bela and Mike