In the Wheelhouse

It's only Saturday night as I write this, but this year's Memorial Day Weekend has already been a great success here at Safe/Sea. Friday was particularly busy, with 8 cases, including 2 rescues of vessels entangled in the fish traps south of Land's End. The first fish trap job was run by Capt. Phil, Capt. Andy, and super-diver Rich Marquardt around 0700. I wrapped up the day with the second fish trap extraction around 2200 with Capt. Phil, Rich, and the mysterious Unit 14 as my crew. In between, I did a high speed tow of a 27' Sea Ray from the Potter's Cove area to Dickerson's in Apponaug. The first picture at right is our approach to the marina.

Today, (Saturday) wasn't quite as busy, and everything seemed to fall perfectly for Capt. Phil, as he got an early tow around 0830 handed off from Capt. Doug that was inbound from Block Island. From that point until 1500, he had one job after another fall into his lap just as he was wrapping up the previous one. I finally got into the act around 1400, as I was sent off to get a 30' Hunter and take her into Newport Yacht Club.

The weather for tomorrow is looking a little unsettled, so we'll see what happens. Memorial Day Weekend is usually a bit of a bust around here, especially when it fall early like this year, but this one's been great so far.