Cruise to Potter Cove at the north end of Prudence Island
From your Fleet Captain as of 6-18-2012
Dear ILYC Cruise Participants:
With the July 4th holiday falling on a Wednesday, we're foregoing our customary Bristol cruise, instead heading to Potter Cove at the north end of Prudence Island - a 10 nm run from Newport.
Plan to get an early start Tuesday afternoon to arrive in the late afternoon. You'll have a favoring current after 2:00 pm. Although there are plenty of moorings, the owners are likely to show up that night; so plan to anchor. Expect lots of boats, but there is plenty of room. The holding ground is good. Tow a tender or arrange to have a ride to the beach at the end of Gull Point, where we will congregate for a BYO picnic. The first to arrive should stake out prime beach space for us. If you can stay awake after libation intake until after 9:00 pm, you'll enjoy double featured fireworks displays - Bristol's and Portsmouth's over Escobar's Farm. Newport's at Fort Adams is Wednesday night.
The extended forecast calls for humid weather in the 80s. Bring bathing suits.
Plan to get an early start Tuesday afternoon to arrive in the late afternoon. You'll have a favoring current after 2:00 pm. Although there are plenty of moorings, the owners are likely to show up that night; so plan to anchor. Expect lots of boats, but there is plenty of room. The holding ground is good. Tow a tender or arrange to have a ride to the beach at the end of Gull Point, where we will congregate for a BYO picnic. The first to arrive should stake out prime beach space for us. If you can stay awake after libation intake until after 9:00 pm, you'll enjoy double featured fireworks displays - Bristol's and Portsmouth's over Escobar's Farm. Newport's at Fort Adams is Wednesday night.