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Sunny, warm, and breezy we had a wonderful, perfect day of sailing. Fish on the grill tonight.

Below, Weatherbird greets new students Richard, along with his two sons Tod and Zach. We also bring provisions to the boat and have a great meal out on the town. Should be an excellent week of sailing in what the weatherman promises to be sunny weather.

Rain all day today. Managed to get one shot of the yacht ‘Athena’ as we toured Newport Harbor.

We leave Third Beach anchorage on our way for Dutch Harbor.

Captain of the day, Eric, consults the chart and guides us past buoy #1.

Here, we re-provision at Dutch Harbor before we anchor for the night.

Captain of the day, Cheryl, consults the chart to guide us on our way to Third Beach anchorage.

We make it under the Sakonnet River bridge.

Eric grinds a winch to trim our sail.

The sails.

We swim in Potter Cove to cool off after a hot, sunny day.

We have a very chilly day with everyone bundled up but we still get in some excellent sailing exercises. Today we learned our points of sail and especially how to jibe a larger sailboat. This evening we’ll enjoy appetizers then wild Salmon on the grill. Enjoy!

Welcome to new students Eric, Jim, Bob, & Cheryl! Below we greet our boat Weatherbird and put provisions onboard.

Some great sailing in Newport Harbor today as we gaze at the amazing sights.

Below we cruise by the Rose Island light house.

Now we pass by buoy 11 and the house on the rocks as they call it.

Below we capture a former America’s Cup boat going through her routine.

Due to rain, mist, & fog only got one group shot for today, tune in tomorrow.