Some HOT Weekends

 

There's been quite a few weekends where we have not been on the boat... sometimes it was too hot, sometimes too windy and let's face it... the main culprit has been this little one.

These are from Father's Day, but we also went there the week before.

We did finally get back to the boat this past weekend, but it was the zenith of this massive East Coast heatwave and we basically became slugs... just watching movies in the salon.

I did put the cushions out in the cockpit and was able to enjoy a brief respite as sunset approached on both Friday and Saturday evenings.

We had a "strawberry moon" on friday night, but on Saturday!!! Oh boy!  The heat index reached 108 Saturday afternoon.

Some poor couple had their outdoor wedding at Osprey Point on this day.

We again went out to enjoy the sunset and right after sunset I filled the water tanks.

I said hello to the wedding photographer who was photographing the couple (they stayed on the boat next to us... it had a "Just Married" sign, but I didn't look to see if it was dragging some tin cans.

On Sunday morning, they wanted more heat wave along with some violent T-storms, so we packed it in.

I later went to the Colonial Theater in Phoenixville, PA to hear Ian Fraser play their Wurlitzer.

Cleaning Seas The Day and a VSC

 

This weekend, Boatus Cleanus awoke from her winter slumber and returned to Seas The Day with a vengeance (against dirt).  I had been swabbing the decks for the past month or so, so she was "George clean" which cleary isn't "Vicky clean".  ALL nooks and crannies were shined up (even the line locker).

Line locker is spic 'n span!

The lines are back in place, stowed neatly.
(Yes, that is neat... we have to be able to run out certain
lines quickly when needed.)

Later Saturday afternoon, a member of the Main Line Power Squadron stopped by to do my US Coast Guard Vessel Safety Check (VSC).  Seas The Day passed and a sticker was awarded.  The sticker (placed on the port side of the mast) is supposed to ward off evil spirits like coast guard and law enforcement patrols (letting them know that everything checked out and they can move onto another vessel).

We actually did not go out this weekend.  After her cleaning frenzy, Vicky went to bed and slept for 12 hours.  I grabbed dinner at the pool bar.  Since my workplace has a company-wide shutdown next week and we will be sailing a lot, we decided to head home on Sunday.

A Sail Across the Bay with Deb and Family

 

First, I'll note that Vicky is back in the USA... she will actually appear in one photo, but since she got home early Friday morning and is still on China time, she spent a good bit of the day on Saturday down below, sleeping.

I woke her up Friday evening right as I was finishing work and we made it to Rock Hall just as the sun finished setting.  I let her sleep Saturday morning and swabbed the deck one more time, so Seas The Day is "George clean" not "Vicky clean".

Deb, her husband, Nathan, and children Brian and Marianne, arrived around 11:00 AM and we quickly got underway, motoring south after exiting Swan Creek until we reached the #3 buoy.

We motored across to Baltimore Light... there wasn't a lot of wind early in the morning and we wanted to ensure we made it across to Eagle Cove and the horse farm.  We stopped briefly at Baltimore Light for some photos.  It was looking spectacular after its recent renovation.  

From there we went through the straight into the Magothy River and up around Gibson Island.  We had promised a horse farm!

Brian is at that stage where we have to take a crazy photo first.

I'll let the photos tell the rest of the story... we headed back out of the Magothy and then set sail for Rock Hall.  We sailed on the return trip, having a steady but light breeze from the south and a nice beam reach back across the bay to the eastern shore and Rock Hall.

Once the sails were set and we realized we wouldn't be leaning too much, a card game broke out.

I spent the evening enjoying the breeze while siting in the cockpit and writing this blog post.  Tomorrow is an early departure to introduce Vicky to the little one.

Vicky joined me around 9:00 PM and we just enjoyed the evening.  It’s great to have her back on board!

On Sunday, we left Rock Hall early and headed north to introduce Vicky to Levi.  Additional sailing will have to wait. 

Deb’s photos….