Scituate, MA to Three Mile Harbor, Long Island, NY

We returned to Trilogy early Wednesday morning, 8/17/11. Spent that day doing boat work and getting provisions. On Thursday morning we motor-sailed 3 hours to Dorchester Bay. Anchored in a mooring field- Leiby dinghied in to pick up Jerica, Jenna and Vanessa, who met us for a daysail. Sailed into Boston Harbor, back out of Boston Harbor and around the Boston Harbor islands, anchoring for a few hours at Georges Island. Leiby and the girls toured Fort Warren, which Leiby says is an incredible masonry structure. Sailed back to Dorchester Bay, dropped off the girls, and anchored there for the night. On Friday 8/19/11, we had an invigorating over 6 knot close-hauled, starboard tack sail to Cape Cod, Provincetown- an extremely colorful town with lots of different kinds of people. On Saturday we went into town and to the beach. Leiby toured the Pilgrim Monument. On Sunday 8/21/11 we had a long motor day dead into the wind through the Cape Cod Canal to the Elizabeth Islands, anchoring in Hadley Harbor. We were close-hauled all day Monday, tacking back and forth across the wind with multiple sail changes: full main, reefed main, jib sail, cutter sail- we worked hard for our destination of Block Island, anchoring just before 6:30 in Great Salt Pond. On Tuesday we took a long walk on Block Island, buying lemonade from several kids along the way. On Wednesday we sailed close-hauled on a port tack- wind was clocking around to the south. Our original destination was Montauk but we ended up at Shelter Island, anchoring in Coecles Harbor after beating into the wind all day. On Thursday we decided we needed a safe place to be for Hurricane Irene and made reservations at Gardiner's Marina in Three Mile Harbor, Long Island, NY near East Hampton. Yesterday, we motored to Three Mile Harbor and anchored. We dinghied into shore and took a long walk to East Hampton. This morning, we motored to Gardiner's Marina and completed our hurricane preparations: removing sails, canvas and clearing everything off the deck. We are as ready as possible for Hurricane Irene. Pictured: Jerica, Vanessa and Jenna on deck; The girls in Boston Harbor; the Pilgrim Monument; Underway; the southeast lighthouse on Block Island; the sky in our backyard.