Summer sailing and Corona

[Mas]

Back now...was absent for a while.  Did someone mention Stark and Dormies?
I haven't dismissed the idea of rowing to Tangier. But being a dry island, I'll need to pack my own rum. Would that make me a smuggler?  This trip could take place next summer but I need to do some research. The distance isn't too far, but crossing some shipping lanes means some planning is in order.

Bob23

well that's why i suggested Pedro and I run support vessel for ya! We can carry your rum and if there is any left it'll be available for ya when you get to Tangier! Plus it keeps you from being a smuggler. It truly is the most we can do! Meanwhile keep me posted about any plans for White Grass. A special place.

[Mas]

Well after a whirlwind time of traveling to 3,876 feet above sea level for a few days then to sea level and our boat all in a week, the final night on the boat found me sitting on the bow, mando in hand, a brilliant moon rising, and the sounds of a banjo and guitar from other folks sitting on the bows of their respective boats across the fare way playing music. We had just covered the Grateful Dead tune 'Ripple' and celebrating the renaming of the banjo player's boat now SV Ripple. What a great tune and a magical time jamming and forgetting about all of the 'stuff' going on in this world. It brought home just how much I have missed the weekly jam sessions we have had here for the past 20 years. That all came to an end in mid-March.

Golly we sure miss the world BC. Little did we know that last year's Annapolis Boat show may have been the last for the foreseeable future. The photo is from last year's show and Susan enjoying the trampoline of a large Cat. The Rona' is still causing much change for this thing called sailing. The boat markets are still hot with most good boats going under contract quickly. Many younger buyers, which will help with a question I posted here a couple years ago..."Where is the next generation of sailors?' The now/new owners of SV Ripple are way too young to have ever seen the Dead live but still named her after a a classic Dead tune thus we connected over not just sailing but music. There's that younger generation! It took a pandemic but they're there.

[brackish]

Well I sailed and it was as good as it gets.  Very broad reach up lake to a place called Blue Flower Cove in one of the fingers. Wind was 10 with gusts to 15, had Admiral Sheri with me, so declined on the jib in favor of comfort and less attention.  Would have had to go wing and wing with a pole, was doing a steady 4 knots without it, did not want to reach the destination too quickly anyway.  Dropped the hook, glass of wine or two, supper on the boat.  One of those rare days, low humidity, cloudless, cool breezes and just before a full moon when you can watch both the moon rise and sunset at the same time.

Motored back, wind had diminished and was on the nose.  Generally, I'll turn on the chartplotter at night to follow a track back since there is no real light reference on this lake because there is no development.  Only the light from the Jamie Whitten Lock which I know to steer to the starboard of.  But didn't need the chartplotter the full moon took care of it for me.  Also helped with the drive back on the Natchez Trace Parkway, helped me see all the deer, a usual hazard on that road.

[Bob23]

Wow, Brack! That indeed does sound like the perfect sail!! As Van Morrison sang; "There'll be days like this!"
Bob23

[Mas]

Well guess this thread titled Summer Sailing and Corona is now mostly Fall not sailing and Corona! We had a our little yacht club's Chili Cook off and bonfire scheduled for this coming weekend cancelled as the health officials were worried about the chance for the Rona to spread even though it is a private event and the Seafood Festival the club threw three weeks ago and attended by 50 or so of us resulted in no cases. Gunna head down next week anyway as the weather has been warm and Interlude will soon come out of the water till spring. Beginning to think about ski and board season and how that will play out. Our mountain will open but with new restrictions. We are fortunate that we always ski and board mid-week and have property there. No lines, and nearly empty slopes in 'normal' years. We never do weekends.This year they are prioritizing season pass holders and property owners and will close the mountain once an established number is reached. No walk up day passes and if allowed at all they must be purchased in advance so numbers can be known. We are planning to hit the slopes, just not the apres ski scene!

Sure miss the world "BC".

[brackish]

Not shut down here, plan on going Monday, probably overnight.  Predicted to be high of 75, low of 62, partly cloudy, winds at ten ESE which in my world is a rare perfect giving me a beam reach to the place I want to go, Crows Neck landing.

I, Too, wonder about what the ski season will be like.  Bought a lift ticket for Winter Park to get the early purchase discount, and already have lodging paid for as a result of a deferral from last year when the resort closed on the day I was to leave.  I usually go in March to meet a few folks that I've been skiing with for years.  We'll see, I guess, strange times indeed.

[Mas]

Not shut down here, plan on going Monday, probably overnight.  Predicted to be high of 75, low of 62, partly cloudy, winds at ten ESE which in my world is a rare perfect giving me a beam reach to the place I want to go, Crows Neck landing.

I, Too, wonder about what the ski season will be like.  Bought a lift ticket for Winter Park to get the early purchase discount, and already have lodging paid for as a result of a deferral from last year when the resort closed on the day I was to leave.  I usually go in March to meet a few folks that I've been skiing with for years.  We'll see, I guess, strange times indeed.

I hear ya on the uncertain ski season. I am certain our little resort will open and I will be on the slopes but the 80 degree temps we have had here make it hard to transition from boat to slope! It is my least favorite task cuz of what it means but gunna start the removal of sails and winterization process for Interlude. This season for many reasons was a bust for much sailing but we remain grateful for even the few simple times sitting in the cockpit a cold drink in hand, boat gently rocking as the sun sets.

Hope everyone is well, this Rona thing will pass and I can guarantee we be having a celebration but in the interim we engage carpe diem thinking!