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Wind turbines off Block Island

Saw the bases for the wind turbines on Saturday. There's 5 of them SE of the island, perhaps 3 miles off shore. Two of them still have construction barges nearby. No towers or turbines yet.. Definitely not in the way of a sail around the island, but not something I'd want to encounter up close under any conditions. Reminds me of the old Texas towers that used to be at the mouth of Narragansett Bay and Buzzards Bay - but hey, we used to use those for race marks in the overnight races!

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