Around Ram Island - July 31 2025

Denny and Ann’s grandnephew Zach is visiting from the UK and I offered to take him out kayaking. Denny and Zach used the kayaks from the cottage. The wind was gusting, but we still spent an hour paddling around Ram Island.  

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Around Ram Island – July 25, 2018

Horseshoe Point Cottage

I slept late (woke up around 6:30), and by the time I had my first cup of coffee pea-soup fog was rolling in. It was thick enough to set off the fire alarm in the cottage! Fortunately, it rolled out as fast as it rolled in, but it was still too late and too windy to try to paddle anything too ambitious, so I decided to take a trip around Ram Island. Paddling up the west side was easy, but paddling back down the east side into the wind was a bit of a slog. Always lots of birds to see along the way.

Cormorants at Moonstone Oyster farm

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Around Ram Island – July 23, 2014

Wind surfer

The day started off cloudy and windy, so I decided to skip the early morning paddle to do some reconnaissance.  I drove up Route 1A to check out the put-in at the URI Bay Campus.  By the time I got back to the cottage the clouds were starting to burn off, so I decided to take my canoe out for a short trip around Ram Island. 

The water was calm and still as I headed up the east side of Ram Island.  As I rounded the tip the wind picked up, and I was paddling into a strong headwind with easy rolling waves.  A sailing class and small group of windsurfers seemed to love it.  For me, it wasn’t too bad until I turned to head back to the cottage across the pond.  With the wind now at my back, I did my best to quarter the waves, but it still took a while to get home.

Sailing class

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