The day got started early as we had 50 miles to go to Block Island. It was a beautiful morning with sunny sky's and calm sea's. We hoped to be leaving on the right tide however that did not turn out to be the case. The first current we encountered was 3 knots coming at us, that made the water rough and it was both hands on the wheel. Of course we were running the motor. We did our best to try to get in water that looked a little smoother, but it still had a high current and whirlpools. As we turned the corner of the island the current was less strong but still moving at 2.5 knots. It was strange to see all those buoys laying over the way they were, now that's moving. It was a couple of hours before we broke free of the current. Once we were a good piece past the islands it got better. Now we only had 35 miles to go to our next port. The day was going well, Carl at the helm, Bella laying down while moving and me reading a book and taken the helm during position checks and making food to eat. We had to motor at first part of the day since the wind was coming at us. Just as we talked about putting up the sails the engine stops... Oh my God not that fuel problem again... Really.. This must be a joke... A fitting had come loose and we were very low on diesel. We had burned more fuel than we thought going through those apposing currents. Carl went to check it out , but with very low fuel it was not possible to start the motor going again. No problem we have sails.. Up the sails go as we try to get to our destination. The winds were about 10 knots so we were doing pretty good, but of course they were not the way we needed to get into port and it was already 4:30 pm when they went up. We had to tack back and forth to get in. Carl decided it would be to dangerous to try to get in the harbor we had planned to go to, so we headed for the other side.  Night was upon us before we knew it. Try as we may we couldn't seem to get close enough to get in. Plus there was a green can out there, hard to see in the dark. I was not happy.. I had put Bella and I in our life jackets, because I was not feeling very safe.. I asked Carl to just call Sea Tow, heaven knows we haven't used them enough, and get us in. He did and the guy arrived about an hour later. It's a good thing we didn't try to enter ourselves or it would have been an disaster.. This is a very small harbor, with a break wall jetty and a hard right turn once inside. We were able to hook up to a mooring ball and deal with the problem tomorrow. It was already midnight when we got in. We called it a night and went to bed. If there is one thing we can say about this trip is , it is rarely a dull moment...