We untied the next day to head out to Port Jefferson. About an hour into the cruise, there was a thud, then the sound of a little underwater clatter and the engine sound went from smooth to not so smooth. In the boat's wake, two dark pieces of a smallish log drifted their separate ways. So, on what was to be the second to last cruise on our trip, we had to begin running on one engine as seemed certain the propeller blades had been bent. We ran slowly while John and Kirk did some planning and decided to go straight to Stratford, CT where we would abandon ship one day early, spending our last night in a hotel in Greenwich, CT. It was a long four+ hour cruise on one engine, but all went well and we limped into the harbor. Fortunately Stratford turned out to be a pleasant enough place (towns with the large winter storage buildings are usually off the beaten path) and we were able to enjoy a nice dinner at the waterside Outrigger's Restaurant before retiring for the evening.
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