Those who have gone before us on the Loop have said “Don’t wait!” We have taken their advice and are testing our mettle on a three week cruise from Warwick RI to Half Moon Bay Marina, Croton on Hudson, NY and back to Warwick. Hurricane Dorian may send us on with a slightly different itinerary than planned, but after day two, as we continue to check the weather ahead of us, we press forward with the plan. More on plans later.
We were sent off on Monday night with a toast by Lou and Cory in Warwick, cleared the dock at 8 AM on Tuesday under a glorious blue sky and calm seas, and arrived in Mystic by 2 PM. Familiar passage for us down Narraganset Bay, and aside from watching for ferry traffic out of Point Judith, the journey along the coast was more of a site seeing tour noting the places of our land adventures and those places that we had only read about (Taylor Swift’s seawall upper left!). We passed Latimer Light (a preservation project we hope to assist) and a caution maker (the yellow can in front of the light house) noting the site of a recently sunken 50′ old wooden Cheoy Lee sailing vessel. The long winding entrance along the Mystic River to our Safe Harbor Marina was a slow pleasure as was our exploration of downtown Mystic and the famed 1922 draw bridge.
Greeted by Jack and Stephanie Gosselin, our official Mystic harbor hosts, we shared a lovely sunset on the boat overlooking this protected harbor. Daughter Caty was able to join us as she will along this journey. It is all about the friends you meet and those that you make along the way!
Aisling goes Looping 
Do you have hosts at each port this trip?
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Many harbors have hosts who specifically assist members of the American Great
Loop Cruisers Association. In Mystic we had friends who filled this roll. They brought the best pizza on board!
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