Time of the year.

Exodus will start soon. The first of November is the date when the yacht migration to the South is beginning. The date is the cut off when the Hurricane season is officially over and when expensive insurance will actually insure you.
The video of Adix leaving Newport in advance, has a stop over in Charleston, South Carolina. This is considered coastal navigation and not offshore when the B.V.I, Antigua, St. Marteen are the destination for many of the yachts via or not Bermuda.

The second video is about the J8 Topaz, leaving Newport for Antigua. The day before her departure, I had the pleasure to be aboard for a sea trial. First time on a J since Shamrock 5 so many years ago.

Walking the Docks.

                                          After breakfast at Belle's, Sunday morning walk at the Newport Shipyard.

Saphaedra by K.Aage Nielsen Design and Bounty a replica of an L.Francis Herreshoff creation.

1926-2016

 

 Details.                                                                                                        A carbon fiber ladder.