Block Island Retreat

After having hove-to for 2 nights and sailing under bare poles in between to cope with heavy, confused seas, we did eventually make it to Block Island. We went into the Old Harbor and tied-up in front of the Harbor Master's office. The sun came out, it was warm and life was good. Time to relax, dry and air out the boat and ... order 5 gallons of motor oil, to be delivered by ferry from the mainland, because the oil pressure alarm had sounded off a few times to alert us to low oil pressure. We found out that the engine was quickly losing oil. We do not know why. We added 2 of the 5 gallons and the pressure has returned to normal. I am watching, though. Our 2 days on Block Island were very relaxing. We ate out and stuffed ourselves with great seafood. I even managed to go to get a haircut... :-) ... We are motoring towards Marion \ Cape Cod Canal now, as I am typing this post. Not wanting to sound commercial, but the Internet connection via the "Skipper 150" is really great. I love it. Anyway, on leaving Block Island, as soon as we dropped the lines and begun to motor out of the harbor, the huge Cat Ferry blasted its horns and started to follow in our wake. What a sight! It almost felt like she was going to go right over us. The tunnel between the 2 hulls looked big enough. Well, no worries, as soon as there was enough room to pass, her captain "put the pedal to the metal", she rose out of the water and roared right past us, about 50 feet away. You can imagine the wake she left behind her. Very impressive, though. The captain even waved at us as he went by. Or, perhaps, he used his hand to give us a signal. :-) It was hard to see. I am sitting in the pilothouse typing away, watching our course on the big screen PC navigation system and the smaller chart plotter. Gabi and Werner are up on deck, steering and watching as the fog is creeping in and taking our visibility away.