Finale--drum roll, please

Beach 9, the Last Beach of the Day: South Shore Beach in Little Compton, RI.

And now, "Straight Outta Little Compton" toward a good dinner and the homeward trail.

 Congratulations to the fearless Aquanuts! You've done it again!

Penultimate--almost done

Second or Sachuest Beach in Middleton, RI. Warm and no seaweed, and a little less rain.

Lookin' good

It's beach No. 7 in Newport and everyone is still smiling--in spite of the nasty red seaweed.

As the clock ticks on the intrepid team forges ahead.
And, as requested by a faithful blog reader, here is the map of the trip.

Fast and furious as the day wanes: Beach 6

Jamestown. Check it off the list!

It's Beach 5

  

Welcomed to Narragansett Town Beach by Linda and her staff!!

Here Brian recreates his pose from the Aquanuts' poster for his appreciative fans.
Four more beaches to go!

Beach 4: Block Island

Swim accomplished--with amenities and duck.

 (Photo credit to bartender Milan from Hungary.)

 Now back onto the ferry and off to the next beach. Duck remained behind.

Afloat to Block Island

The Big Day Begins--Early!

While their (un)faithful blogger overslept, the valiant Aquanuts swam in three beaches before 8am! The weather is not encouraging, but determination and camaraderie carry them ever forward on their journey.

Beach 1: Misquamicut

Beach 2: Charlestown

Beach 3: East Matunuck

Next up: breakfast!

And they're off!

After an evening departure from MA, the 5 Aquanuts fortify themselves with adult beverages and get ready for a good night's sleep in Pawcatuck, RI. Tomorrow the wet stuff begins.
Sleep well, Aquanuts.

Swim Adventure '17

 The Aquanuts are Back!

Making the biggest impact on the smallest State, the intrepid Aquanuts plan to hit the beaches of coastal Rhode Island on Tuesday August 15.  A dawn start at Misquamicut should get them out to Block Island and back in time to finish in Little Compton before sundown.

Nine beaches in nine towns is this year's goal, and you are invited to follow along as we relay our adventures to our blogger back at base camp.

(Note: The Aquanuts lead complicated lives. It is always advisable to check in advance before attempting to meet them along the way.)

Email - ned@act2partners.com or leave a comment on this page.

New Festivals!

Thrilled to say that Why We Went to the Moon (2015) has been made an Official Selection of the RAW Science Film Festival in Los Angeles, the RapidLion Film Festival in Johannesburg, and at the Short Movie Club Festival in Minsk, Belarus.

Watch this space for more news about RAW Science.

More Film Festival News

In the past few weeks my 2015 short Why We Went to the Moon, has been made an Official Selection at three very diverse film festivals. In late September, WWWttM makes its Canadian debut at the Hamilton (ONT) Music and Film Festival. 

Later this fall the film will screen as part of the Guam International Film Festival in Hagatna, Guam. I just received notice that the work has been selected by the Slash and Bash Film Festival of Topeka KS. This will be the twelfth edition of the festival. Prior attendeees have included Adrienne Barbeau of Swamp Thing fame.

Mission accomplished!

Old Silver Beach in Falmouth. We have just about closed the loop here. OSB is on Buzzard's Bay. Continuing up the Bay would get us back to Bourne. (Remember Day 1?) Warm, but rough waters here at the mouth of the Bay.

Sixteen beaches in two days! And now for a relaxing dinner with friends and a long, dry ride home. Thanks to Jan for her more than generous hosting.

Only one more beach to conquer!

It's South Cape Beach in Mashpee. Number 15 out of 16. South Cape is just about the only public beach in the town of Mashpee. Run by the Commonwealth. They wanted to collect a parking fee but the machine was broken. Last of the Sound side beaches.

Faces glow as the end draws near

Beach #14, Craigville in Barnstable, accomplished with flair. My only memory of going on vacation with my hardworking father was coming here for a few days when I was very young. Nice big parking lot and more warm Sound waters.

Happier and happier

Seagull Beach in West Yarmouth makes #13. I lived up the street from this beach for two summers while in college in the 1970's. Betsy wisely decides that no picnic lunch will succeed at any place with the word "Seagull" in it. We make a picnic of tuna sandwiches and cokes in a nice little public park on the south side of Route 28 instead.

Beach 12 and it's almost noon

Lookin' good at Red River in Harwich. We have turned the corner and are heading west along Nantucket Sound. An entirely different aspect with some vegetation growing in the water at the shoreline, much calmer and somewhat warmer water. More people on the beaches too.

And another one

Happy faces at beach #10, Chatham Light. When we were kids and came to Chatham there was no beach here. Just the parking lot, a steep cliff and rocks. Several breaches of the bar since have made a sandy beach with dunes. They say that the beach here is often covered with seals - aka shark food.

Day Two: Beach 10

Nauset Light in Eastham. Another NPS beach working our way south. The Aquanuts look refreshed and ready for the day's adventures. Some of us should have used more sunscreen Day 1. (Hey, who is taking all these pictures?) (Note: At each beach we found willing photographers. Most were very amused at our trip. Many were European visitors enjoying our beautiful land.)

Nine is fine

Last of the day! Cahoon Hollow in Wellfleet. VERY steep walk down the cliff face to the beach. We could see a sand bar just off shore and a seal swimming outside the bar. Brian noted two shark spottings at Marconi, just south of here. We were VERY cautious in the water.

Nevertheless, this might have been my favorite of them all.  Clearest water. I always called it "Cahoon's" Hollow and always heard it called that. Sometime since the '70's it must have changed. Still early, but most of us got up in the middle of the night to start this trek, so we decide to head to the motel (Eventide in Wellfleet - two thumbs up!) for a "siesta."

Dinner at Mac's Shack to follow. (Mac's Shack gets at least two and a half thumbs up. Never had a better oyster.)