Bermuda to Newport, and a change in heading
Bermuda is an interesting island. It has a very British feel to it, fitting since it was theirs for such a long time. Its quasi-tropical as it has reefs, clear water and shares the same latitutde with South Carolina. It has very neat, pastel painted houses and a wonderful bus/ferry public transportation system. $12 gets you a days pass. Probably the most intersting thing I found about the place thought is what they do for fresh water. Ground water does not exist since they are on a tiny rock in the middle of the Atlantic. Instead, there are rain catchers on every roof (you can see them in the picture below, it looks like a larger step in the roof) and they are painted with this lime wash stuff to act as a natural preservative of some kind. The water quality is comparable to distilled. Each house can collect just under 100,000 gallons annually. Genius. I also had the extremely fortunate pleasure of meeting this guy Randy West who was on a boat doing the same trip up from St. Maar