Here a short message to say that, after a week of partying, we have left Newport, bound for New York. We is in this case Jurrien, Minke and me. We are sailing on the Atlantic side of Long Island, so that we hope to make a spectacular approach into the Big Apple. It is going slowly, though, with a gentle SW wind of 8 to 12 knots to beat into.

The day before we left I bought some fishing gear; a line and two lures, and sure enough, last night we dined on fresh tuna! Never before did I catch anything, although I did try some fishing in the past.

New, early morning local time, we can see it raining over Long Island while further out at sea the sky is cloudless. I think we are going to sail a little bit further off shore...

Bart

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