In a world as complex as this and a nation as divided as ours, it’s hard to believe you could ever find unanimity on anything. I’m sure even motherhood and apple pie have their detractors. However, at last count it was 937 to 0 for the proposition that I’ve got to get out of the bay before the end of the month and preferably earlier.
There are some highly informed opinions among this 937. One is my friend who grew up sailing on the bay and with whom I had a delightful visit and daysail in Oxford. I then motored over to Galesville with the dual missions of meeting someone I promised a mutual friend to look up and attending the “Blue Lips” last cruise and party of the year. This was a gathering of Singles on Sailboats, a bay area sailing club about 700 strong which includes several SBO forum members, thus my invitation. An hour going over the chart and the route with a long time bay sailor there convinced me that I don’t want to be setting out from Solomons after a trip to Ohio for Thanksgiving. I’ve sent regrets to my family and promised a visit later in the winter. My Thanksgiving dinner will probably be a turkey pot pie heated up in my Dutch oven but this trip is supposed to be enjoyed and, despite my big cabin heater, I can already tell I want to be well south before the very cold weather hits.
On the subject of cabin heaters, here is an innovative solution to the problem. One of these units will run an electric space heater all night long and the location mitigates cabin noise. As an inveterate boat tinkerer and customizer, you can imagine my delight at finding this bit of marine ingenuity chugging away 50 feet from my berth when I rowed back to Strider after the party.
I’m back on the eastern shore tonight up in the creek that is the back door to Saint Michaels. Tomorrow, I will row up to the landing to see the museum and re-stock a few food items before heading down to Solomons on Tuesday, weather permitting. A couple days there and then on south as fast as reasonably short easy days will take me. One reason for the change in plans is to keep this trip from turning into another marathon. I’m really determined to learn how to take it easy.
There are some highly informed opinions among this 937. One is my friend who grew up sailing on the bay and with whom I had a delightful visit and daysail in Oxford. I then motored over to Galesville with the dual missions of meeting someone I promised a mutual friend to look up and attending the “Blue Lips” last cruise and party of the year. This was a gathering of Singles on Sailboats, a bay area sailing club about 700 strong which includes several SBO forum members, thus my invitation. An hour going over the chart and the route with a long time bay sailor there convinced me that I don’t want to be setting out from Solomons after a trip to Ohio for Thanksgiving. I’ve sent regrets to my family and promised a visit later in the winter. My Thanksgiving dinner will probably be a turkey pot pie heated up in my Dutch oven but this trip is supposed to be enjoyed and, despite my big cabin heater, I can already tell I want to be well south before the very cold weather hits.
On the subject of cabin heaters, here is an innovative solution to the problem. One of these units will run an electric space heater all night long and the location mitigates cabin noise. As an inveterate boat tinkerer and customizer, you can imagine my delight at finding this bit of marine ingenuity chugging away 50 feet from my berth when I rowed back to Strider after the party.
I’m back on the eastern shore tonight up in the creek that is the back door to Saint Michaels. Tomorrow, I will row up to the landing to see the museum and re-stock a few food items before heading down to Solomons on Tuesday, weather permitting. A couple days there and then on south as fast as reasonably short easy days will take me. One reason for the change in plans is to keep this trip from turning into another marathon. I’m really determined to learn how to take it easy.
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