Monday, October 09, 2006

Meeting the Mystic Whaler


On Sunday we went to the boat. We took off from the dock and headed out to the bay as we got there. The new rigging worked like a charm the sail went right up and we adjusted it properly. The only thing was there was no wind. Let's just say we were in no wind. Wind is a funny thing it not constant, it gusts, it changes direction and is subject to pockets. On the bay you can be in a pocket of calm air and boats all around you have full sails. Or all the boats around you are calm and you are in a full gale! We got out the pocket and sailed around all afternoon. As we were heading back to Rock Hall we saw a two masted schooner. As the bay is just not filled with two masted schooner we had to check this out. It turns out to be a Windjammer cruise operating in the Upper Chesapeake. The Mystic Whaler was running three day crusises in the area.

On Monday we went out and it was a full calm. We motored to out favorite creek and anchored for lunch. We had leftovers from the pasta dinner. The bread that Mike had brought over was especially delicious. Only two more weekend and a clean up and boating season will be over.