On the Move Again

After almost two weeks in Black Point we are finally on the move again. We love Black Point but we tend to get restless after staying somewhere four days or so. We have been waiting for more favorable winds so the we could move south and east to Long Island. The winds weren’t all that favorable today but at least they weren’t awful. We started out motor sailing, then sailed for about an hour, then dropped both sails and motored into the wind the rest of the way to where we are now anchored, Rocky Point. In the late morning I noticed four motor yachts in the distance off of our port side. They eventually passed us then anchored in a shallow area behind a large rock. We then passed them. About an hour later they were on the move again and following us. Three of the boats have AIS and it was amusing to see the armada following us on the chart plotter. They are now anchored nearby. 

Yesterday afternoon we had our VHS radio on and heard a May Day call. It is something we have never heard before and it was quite scary. The person making the call said his boat was taking on water. He sounded very stressed (who wouldn’t be?) A US Coast Guard helicopter answered the call shortly after and was soon hovering over the boat a few miles from us. The person on the boat eventually said they found the source of the water and were bailing it out. He said the boat was about half full of water. I am just glad they were okay. 

The armada following Breeze On


Sunset at Rocky Point