Rubix Cube

8.13.09

This morning, we left Newport in the rain. Less than fun. The temperature was nice though- 70ish? The ride over to Block Island wasn’t long, but the water was rough. I was nauseous. I hate nausea. Once we got closer to the marina, the water settled, and the dockmaster let us know it would be just a little while til we could get it- there are a TON of boats here this weekend (and apparently every weekend in season) and they had to do some rearranging to accommodate. A few Outer Reefs were already settled at the marina before we arrived, some were still on the way. Some fellow Outer Reef-er’s, Walter and John, joined us on the boat to help guide us in.It was tight.
And boy, did we have an audience, not to mention all the help we could ever have needed.
There are now 8 Outer Reefs all right next to each other.
Six 65’s (Risky Business, Copeing, SeaBright, Tomahawk, Freedom, and one unnamed)
One 63 (unnamed)
One 80 (Illusion IV).
Here's a picture of some of us:
Not only is this a rendezvous, it’s also a sort of boat show? They have flags set up outside all of our boats announcing our presence- the boat is getting more looks than usual.

At 7, there were cocktails on a boat named ShowTime- not an Outer Reef, but sooo pretty! …as was the sunset.
Everybody here is really great- and everybody came, it seems like!
The president of Outer Reef…
A man named Nansun (that’s probably not spelled right) is the guy who actually made the boats- he and his wife came all the way from Taiwan!
The guys who put the electronics/ Audio/Visual stuff on the boats came up…
And there are also people here from Yachting Magazine.

Then, at 8ish, we had dinner under a tent just up the hill from the docks- Italian, and sooo good! Somehow, I was talked into a kayak tour at 6:45 in the morning- I'm sure I'll have stories for you tomorrow!

Thanks for readin! Lovelove! :D