Hello and welcome to the Sailing the East podcast.  This is our podcast about sailing and cruising the East coast of the United States.   In some episodes we will focus on passages and destinations, in other episodes, we will talk about boats, equipment, and techniques, and when we come across an interesting person, we will try to get them as a guest on the show.

Today we’re are going to talk about our first family vacation on Paradox, our 2009 Hunter 45 DS. My wife and I, along with our son, his wife, and their 2 daughters, ages 5 and 7 spent a week on the boat in Narragansett Bay.

It was an interesting week, as unlike all the other times we have been on the Bay, the typical afternoon sea breeze did not appear and we had 3 days of no wind. We had to get creative and we were sure glad our marina has a pool.

It was the first time on a sailboat for my granddaughters, so it was a great week of learning new things and exploring for them.  I even got them to understand “Red Right Returning”.

In addition to motoring and sailing around the Bay, we took the high-speed ferry from Providence to Newport.  We also visited the Blount Clam Shack in Warren, RI.  Blount’s is one of those “must experience” places in RI.

All in all, we have a great week with the family in Paradox!

Thanks for listening!  We will be spending most of the summer sailing around Narragansett Bay, Long Island Sound, and Buzzards Bay.  Hope to see you out on the water.

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Bela and Mike