US Coastguard Cutter James, Long Island Bridge and Cuppa Coffee mate

Simple daysail for us on Saturday. As we were leaving the marina there was some chatter “What’s with all this coastguard security at the coastguard station?” An informative answer came “government stuff”. Actually it was the commissioning of the US Coastguard cutter James. She is the newest vessel in the fleet and because she is named after a famous sailor from MA, Joshua James (1826-1902) an AMerican Sea Captain credited with saving over 600 lives. We met one of the Cutter's crew last week and Yolande took her tour of of the vessel on Tuesday. Her homeport will be Charleston, SC.

We headed out through the islands to Peddocks Island where we anchored for a quick bbq on the back of Prairie Gold. 

Yolande sporting her new look at the helm

We then motored around Nut Island to Quincy Great Hill to meet our Aussie friend, Todd Moore, the owner of Cuppa Coffee. He sure can paddle as well as brew a mean flat white. Unfortunately we were out of beer on Prairie Gold and as a consequence I think we have gone way down in Todd's opinion. He paddled back to shore quickly and I am sure that he went straight to his fridge for a cold one.

Todd racing back in search of a beer

As we headed home we went through Long Island Bridge. It was demolished, because the bridge was unsafe, earlier in the year and so we no longer have the problem with clearance. Unfortunately this has displaced some homeless and people in the recovery program on Long Island.