Sept 1. Motored the short distance into the harbor and picked up a mooring off the WaterBoat Marina. The Schooner America was in our spot on the dock and hosted a get together for all the skippers and crews from the show from 1800-2000. After the party, they got underway for the schooner races in Glouster and we came into the dock for the weekend.

Sept 2. All the boats were open to the public and we showed LARINDA to many. Busy day.

Sept 3. Skippers meeting and church services onboard LARINDA, a parade of all the boats in the afternoon around Boston Harbor, then we left to go south to Cape Cod. We dropped the hook in Warren Cove, just off Plymouth.

Sept 4. Underway early for the cape. Overcast, some fog, some sun late in the day and in the Cape Cod Canal the railroad bridge came down just as we were approaching it causing a short delay. The skipper always likes to go into Cotuit Bay about an hour or so before high tide, not only there is deeper water, but also if we should touch bottom, the on-coming tide will lift us off. Guess that he wanted to prove a point on this trip. We went aground in the Seapuit River, but as predicted, the tide lifted us off in 15 minutes and we picked up our mooring shortly thereafter ending another good, but short trip.

Sept. 5-8 - Stayed landbound in order to catch up on home chores, bills and mail. Cleaned the ship in preparation for a weekend sail to Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard, MA..

Sept. 9 - Dropped the mooring line and headed out to Nantucket Sound at 0530. Most of the old crew has left for other duties and we are trying out one new crew member. Negotiating sand bars and narrow channels, we motored out of the Osterville inlet at 0615. Sunrise was beautiful and cameras were clicking away. Stayed overnight on a mooring in Vineyard Haven. Enjoyed the Island sights and headed back to our Cotuit mooring on Sunday, Sept. 10.

Sept. 20 - Assembled a new crew for a four day sail to Newburyport, MA.. Six new crew helped get the ship ready for a chartered wedding. Larinda was spotless! Sept. 21 - Sailed out of Cotuit at 0500. Arrived at Woods Hole passage at 0900 and waited in the inner harbor for about twenty minutes for the current to change. Wind was SW at about 18 K giving us a big push up Buzzards Bay to the Cape Cod canal. Our cannon fire saluted the Mass Maritime Academy and cadets waved and cheered our passage. Arrived in Gloucester outer harbor about 2000 and picked up mooring just off of Ten Pound Island.

Sept. 22 - Sailed out of Gloucester at 0500 for our run to Newburyport. Arrived too early for the Merrimac river current so we stayed offshore for about one hour. Tied up to the town dock at 1200. Cleaned the ship and went out for provisions. Wedding rehearsal was at 1700 with a land party featured at a local restaurant later on in the evening.

Sept.23- Great day for the wedding. A local florist decorated Larinda with all manner of flowers and greenery. Eighty guests arrived for the wedding and about forty of them joined the ceremony on deck. The rest were on the bulkhead above us where they had an excellent view. Our cannon punctuated the afternoon celebration and the crowd loved it. Probably another two hundred town folk and tourists were on hand to watch this colorful event.

Sept.24 - Motored down the Merrimac river at 0630 with the tide against us. An easy run and soon we were out in open water and off to Plymouth, MA. our next stop. Arrived in Plymouth at 1700 and dropped anchor in Warren harbor. Two hours later, the wind changed direction and came at us at about 20K. By 2300, the seas were building and our anchor was dragging on the gravel bottom. Even though we had over 200 feet of scope out, our fisherman anchor let go and we were drifting in towards the shore. Quickly starting the Wolverine engine, we raised anchor and headed out of the harbor and on to the Cape Cod canal. Plotting our course in eight foot seas and if everything went alright, we should arrive in time to catch the tide through the canal.

Sept.25 - Arrived at the canal at 0100 and motored through with no problems. Anchored behind Wings Neck on Buzzards Bay at 0300. Went to bed for a much needed rest and planned to get off about 0800. Woke up at 0500 to check the anchor and wind conditions. Everything was okay. At 0600 we were awakened by a thump noise. Oh No!! We were aground. The anchor dragged again and we drifted right over to a stone jetty and beach rip rap area. Rousted everyone out of their bunks, got the engine started and just got off the rocks in time. Several crew manned the anchor winch while the Captain maneuvered the Larinda away from the closing jetting. Sighs of relief were said by all and with the coming of dawn, we were off the Quicks Hole for the passage to Vineyard sound. Arrived in Cotuit tying up to the town dock at 2000. Unloading all our gear and most of the crew, we motored out to the mooring, secured the ship and then rowed to shore. A large crew party was held at the Kettle Ho restaurant in Cotuit before we all headed home.