Good question, glad you asked. The provisioning of the boat in Newport was a REALLY long day. It started when Emily bonked me on the head at 6:00 a.m. to ask me what time it was because she decided she couldn't sleep anymore. After reading my watch to her, I realized that the weather had finally calmed and that it was the perfect time to fill our water tanks on the boat. They'd run bone dry and we were working off a couple of gallons we'd stored on the boat.
So, that was the start of our day. I got up, got dressed and then readied the boat for motoring over to the Goat Island Marina fuel dock where I had scouted out a water hose the previous day. It takes a while to get the boat ready when you've been moored for a couple of days. The wheel is off and tied with a bungee to the railing. There are lines and stuff that need to be squared away. The dinghy needs to be secured to the back of the boat etc.
By 7:00 a.m. it was time to wake Jo and the kids and fire up the engine. Then we motored over to the dock and filled up with 170 gallons of water. It takes a while to do and we go through it in about a weeks time. After the fill up we motored back to our mooring and got ready to head into town with all our laundry that needed to be taken to the laundromat and gather up some things for bringing back groceries. We also needed to take our gas tanks in (one for the dinghy and the other for the generator) so that we could fill up with cheaper gas than what is available at the marina docks.
By 9:30 a.m. we were in town. Then we talked a mile or so up to the laundromat and divided up. Jo and the kids started the laundry while I went back to the dinghy to get the gas tanks to get them filled. When that was done, I returned to the laundromat to meet up with the rest of the family and then I finished off the laundry while they went to the grocery store.
By the time the groceries were done the laundry was dried and folded. So, we all got together, and borrowing the cart from Stop and Shop, along with our own hand cart, we wheeled our stuff back down to the dinghy.
Here is a shot of us in mid provisioning . . .
As you can see, it take a fair amount of groceries and and even larger amount of laundry to feed and clothe a family of five. You should see all of this stuff in the dinghy. It was an interesting trip back to the boat. But that wasn't all. We still needed to go back into town, take a bus to the West Marine and Wal-Mart (egad!!!!) so that we could get a chain snubber, stock pot for lobsters, propane for the grill and water tanks for holding extra emergency water.
I then took all that stuff (and some more) back to the boat while Jo took the kids to a playground. Then we all met up back in town and split a pint of Oreo Explosion and Chocolate Rasberry Gelato. All in all it was a 12 hour day from start to finish and was pretty tiring. But we were glad to get all of the stuff we needed in Newport because we knew that Cuttyhunk had very little in the way of provisions.
So, that was the start of our day. I got up, got dressed and then readied the boat for motoring over to the Goat Island Marina fuel dock where I had scouted out a water hose the previous day. It takes a while to get the boat ready when you've been moored for a couple of days. The wheel is off and tied with a bungee to the railing. There are lines and stuff that need to be squared away. The dinghy needs to be secured to the back of the boat etc.
By 7:00 a.m. it was time to wake Jo and the kids and fire up the engine. Then we motored over to the dock and filled up with 170 gallons of water. It takes a while to do and we go through it in about a weeks time. After the fill up we motored back to our mooring and got ready to head into town with all our laundry that needed to be taken to the laundromat and gather up some things for bringing back groceries. We also needed to take our gas tanks in (one for the dinghy and the other for the generator) so that we could fill up with cheaper gas than what is available at the marina docks.
By 9:30 a.m. we were in town. Then we talked a mile or so up to the laundromat and divided up. Jo and the kids started the laundry while I went back to the dinghy to get the gas tanks to get them filled. When that was done, I returned to the laundromat to meet up with the rest of the family and then I finished off the laundry while they went to the grocery store.
By the time the groceries were done the laundry was dried and folded. So, we all got together, and borrowing the cart from Stop and Shop, along with our own hand cart, we wheeled our stuff back down to the dinghy.
Here is a shot of us in mid provisioning . . .
As you can see, it take a fair amount of groceries and and even larger amount of laundry to feed and clothe a family of five. You should see all of this stuff in the dinghy. It was an interesting trip back to the boat. But that wasn't all. We still needed to go back into town, take a bus to the West Marine and Wal-Mart (egad!!!!) so that we could get a chain snubber, stock pot for lobsters, propane for the grill and water tanks for holding extra emergency water.I then took all that stuff (and some more) back to the boat while Jo took the kids to a playground. Then we all met up back in town and split a pint of Oreo Explosion and Chocolate Rasberry Gelato. All in all it was a 12 hour day from start to finish and was pretty tiring. But we were glad to get all of the stuff we needed in Newport because we knew that Cuttyhunk had very little in the way of provisions.
2 comments:
I don't see the boat - you could be mistaken for a homeless family with that grocery cart :-)
Sam --
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Pat
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