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| A pretty sunset in our Eaton's Neck anchorage on Northport Bay. |
A cruising boat requires constant care and attention. Spending a few minutes daily on little jobs reduces the chances of a cascading failure--where one bad thing leads to another, which leads to another, etc. Not all failures are equipment centric. A bad decision can be a link in a cascade or even propagate one. The thought of what could happen while changing a raw water impeller, in a hot engine room, while bobbing in a rough sea, is all the motivation I need to check things over when it's calm and there's time to think.
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| 27 miles today, 1204 miles in 2019 and 9438 miles from Naples. |
The SE winds made it a bit bumpy crossing Long Island Sound. By tacking we found comfortable headings and thus worked our way south to Northport. We are now anchored behind a low sand spit named Eaton's Neck. The wind is calm and the scenery beautiful. All is right with the world. DBH
