Aaaarrrghh! it’s
getting closer to the date when we say good-bye to our families that we
miss so much when off cruising. This year we are down to a crew of six as two of our regular sailors will be absent. Interested sailors are welcome to fill the void. Bring a joke to tell and a wallet full of cash. You will have a solid alibi.
Our crew from last year.
There were two more, but we lost them somewhere on the bay.
Our sailing vessel:
http://www.annapolisbaycharters.net/boats/jeanneau53_auspicious.php
Jeanneau 53
Auspicious on a close reach. Hull speed = 9.7 knots.
Here is the Float Plan for you consideration.
Sorry,
you have no say on our destinations; but, you can select the taverns in which to
carouse. All
marina reservations have been made. Commemorative T-shirts have been ordered.
May 1,
Thursday
evening, Check and board “Auspicious”. Jeff arrives at the
Airport.
Joe N, Joel, and Paul will be the Beer
Committee this year. No cans, No lite beer.
We can
work the very important details on future
emails.
If we
don’t forget, there will be a ceremony to remember those who cannot join us this
year. The arts and crafts committee will fabricate a wreath to toss in the deep currents of the Chesapeake.
May 2,
Friday, (28
NM.) We sail from Annapolis. Bagels and Lox for breakfast, yes! From Annapolis, out the Severn River, we set a course to Baltimore Inner Harbor, up the Patapsco River to Harbor East
Marina. The
Marina is located near Little Italy and Mo’s Seafood Restaurant. We stayed
there a few years ago. Remember
the crab cakes? http://www.mosseafood.com/crabandpasta
May 3,
Saturday, (53
NM.) Auspicious quietly departs the Inner Harbor to St. Michaels. This is the
long leg of our odyssey, 53
Nautical Miles or more depending on the winds and our point of sail. Take your
Dramamine, ladies. We tie off at Saint Michaels
Marina. More crab cakes? More stories from Joe and Joe's past police work?
May 4,
Sunday, (25
NM) Herrington Harbor South is the destination.
A easy
trip up the Miles river, down Eastern Bay and across the Chesapeake.
We
stayed at HH a few years ago and rated the facilities very highly.
They
have an on-site restaurant called “Mango’s” which I recall was very good.
We will
let Joel apply his rating system.
May 5,
Monday, (20
NM) The shortest leg of the trip returns us back to Annapolis for pump-out and
unloading.
We want
to get back at the dock by 4 PM. ABC wants us back in the slip by 5 PM.
Please
plan you departing flights accordingly.
Total
travel is estimated at 126 Nautical Miles (or more.)
For the
non-sailing literate that equals “a long way’ in statute miles.
A photo of Captain Stuckie's cabin.
Quiz:
Improve your sailing
knowledge
A
sailor aboard a Marconi rigged sloop hits his head on the boom.
What is
the remedy? Pick the best solution.
1) He
should sit down,cry, and call his mommy.
2) He
should wear sandals instead of high heels.
3)
Shorten the topping lift, relieve the main sheet, and boom
vang.
4)
Relieve the boom vang, relieve the main sheet, and shorten the topping
lift.
5) Wear
a hard hat.
6)
Drink one of Jeff’s Bloody Mary’s to kill the pain.
Captain Stuckie,
"always in charge, always wrong"
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