ep39 - Sailing Bristol - Sailing Rhode Island - Hallberg-Rassy 54 Cloudy Bay - Sep 2018

After 4 days in Newport, s/v Cloudy Bay (Hallberg-Rassy 54) sailing adventure in Rhode Island continues to Bristol. Sailing from Newport to Bristol turned out to be mostly motoring, but on the return trip it was a totally different sailing experience! To begin with, it was a very calm downwind sailing. Then when we rounded Providence Point and turned into the wind, we had a very fast and thrilling upwind sailing, having to tack six times. It certainly felt like perfect sailing: bright sunny day, great wind and flat sea.
In Bristol itself we spent only one day. We visited the town in the evening of our arrival, and we found it very quiet. Quite a bit different from the buzzing Newport. And certainly, different form the old Bristol, when the town was thriving due to its rubber industry. The following morning, we took a dinghy trip across the bay, to Bristol Marine Shipyard.
On the boat maintenance front, in this video Glen is fiddling with the generator, again.
4-5 September 2018

To better understand the story-line of this video, we invite you to read our daily sailing blog posts:
Day 1 – Newport to Bristol: Motoring from Newport to Bristol, visit Bristol and tackle the generator exhaust.

Day 2 – Bristol to Newport: Morning trip to Bristol Marine, then brilliant sailing back to Newport.