Subscribe to RSS FeedAfter a cloudy, drizzly work week, Saturday dawned sunny, clear & warm, making for perfect boating (and towing) weather. Capt. Phil got started pre-dawn, heading out for Ohio Ledge about 0430 for a fisherman who had fished overnight with his lights and electronics switched on and needed a jumpstart. That put me at the plate for the next job.
Sure enough, two jobs came in within 3 minutes of each other right around 0900. First up was a 20 foot Angler with engine trouble about a quarter-mile south of Sandy Point, Prudence Island going back to Winstead's in Warwick Cove. Second was a 22 foot Stamas OOF (out of fuel), right off Homestead, Prudence Island. Jackpot! Time to kill two birds with one stone, so to speak.
My plan was to zip out of Wickford, around the T-wharf and pick up the Angler off Sandy Point. Once I had him in tow, we would shoot up to the Stamas, which was right along our track toward Warwick Cove, drop off 5 gallons of gas and a quart of 2-stroke oil, and then continue on our way to Warwick with the Angler. The picture above right is the Angler behind me on the way to drop off the gas to the Stamas. Below is the Stamas getting restarted and weighing anchor after putting the gas in their tank, as I slowly tow the Angler past them to continue our run to Winstead's.
My good luck of having jobs drop in my lap continued all morning. As soon as I finished up with the Angler in Warwick, there was a 24 Four Winns waiting for me off Rocky Point, going back to Lavin's. That's her at the bottom of this post, taking a picture of me taking a picture of her, in the Bullock's Cove entrance channel.
As soon as that was done, I was headed south again, to pick up a 28' Carver off Conimicut and take her to Norton's. Unfortunately, I didn't grab a photo of that job.
The fortuitous timing and location of these four jobs, coupled with the high speed towing capabilities of the Safe/Sea Newport, allowed me to complete them all in less than 4.5 hours of elapsed time. Now that's efficient!
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