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This post is coming to you as I sit at the mouth of Greenwich Bay Sunday at about 1300, waiting for my next job.
As you can imagine, last week was quite bereft of on-the-water towing work, as people must actually get underway to need a tow, apparently. Yesterday was a decent day weather-wise, and turned out pretty well job-wise as well.
At right is Capt. John of the Shayla Leigh, a very nice 24' Seaswirl Striper that had a dead battery Saturday morning in the Sakonnet River near buoy #8 north of Fogland Point. It was a lovely day for a boat ride, so I decided to take the "outside" route to the Sakonnet from Wickford, down the West Passage, around Beavertail, through the fishtrap area between Ocean Drive, Newport and Land's End, past Second and Third Beach, and up the Sakonnet to Fogland. The Shayla Leigh started right up once I put a little juice to her, and I was on my way to complete my circumnavigation of Aquidneck and Conanicut Islands by taking the inland route home.
I took a leisurely run through the Tiverton Basin, and then went a little faster to get myself in position for more jobs in the East Passage. Not much happended for a couple of hours, then we got a call from a 28' Bayliner that had hit a submerged object in the vicinity of the spindle at the entrance to Greenwich Bay. Capt. Phil was closest, and was on scene in about 5 minutes. The "Miss Dee" had completely torn her outdrive from it's socket and was taking on water. Phil got the flooding under control quickly, and by the time I got there, he had the casualty in tow for Brewer's Greenwich Bay. That's Capt. Phil with the Miss Dee in tow with the Safe/Sea Salvor at right.
After Phil completed the Miss Dee job and she was safely hauled out of the water at Brewer's, Phil met up with me in Greenwich Bay and we headed for home. Shortly after we had tied up and were shutting down the boats for the evening, a 3rd party radio call came in, reporting a large sailboat aground in the area of Dutch Island. Phil and I both scrambled to re-light our diesels and head out to see what was up. As it turns out, I found a 53' Swan lightly aground just north of Austin Hollow. After making arrangements with her Captain, I put a line on her bow and had her free of the bottom in just a few minutes. I don't have a picture of that job, but I might have some video from my onboard camera system, so I'll post it later this week if I do.
So, all things considered, it was a fun and profitable Saturday. I'll wrap up the weekend Monday or Tuesday.
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