Sunday, 7 July
Fairhaven Town Hall is another one of the grand buildings erected there in the early 1890s.
It is said that during the heyday of the whaling industry, New Bedford was the richest city in America. Its neighbor Fairhaven, on the opposite bank of the Acushnet River, did pretty well, too, as evidenced by the impressive nineteenth century homes that grace its streets.
Though modest by Newport standards, homes built by Fairhaven’s elite are impressive nonetheless.
That was the extent of the travel this day, all afoot. NOAA’s forecast again proved too accurate. It posted a Small Craft Advisory effective 1100 and danged if the wind didn’t pipe up once again right at 11. Fifteen-to-20, gusting to 25-plus the rest of what otherwise was another gorgeous day. But with the combination of heavy wind whipping up four-foot seas, it was not a day for Steadfast to be under sail.
The Fairhave militia repelled the British with shot from the parapets at Fort Phoenix.
Maybe tomorrow, perhaps a short hop up to Marion, should NOAA concur.
Fairhaven Town Hall is another one of the grand buildings erected there in the early 1890s.
Steadfast out.
At Sea with Steadfast 
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