Tuesday, September 21, 2010

10,000 Miles

Yesterday we logged our 10,000th mile since we left Lake Ontario in August 2008. And we did it undersail in the beautiful Annapolis Harbor. We have spent the past week cruising in the Chesapeake. We left friends, Jon & Yvonne in the South River, and had a beautiful sail 40+ miles north to Still Pond. Ray Hall met us there to introduce us to his friend that is letting us leave Kismet at his dock when we go to NY on October 1st. Then we went to Bodkin Creek where we met Dave & Mary on "Mon Amie", then to Rideout Creek where we spent the day with "Cambia", then finally yesterday to Weems Creek. We will leave here tomorrow to hopefully sail to the Rhode River to attend the Seven Seas Cruising Association GAM this weekend. It is a weekend gathering of other cruisers with social events & seminars. We went last year and had a great time.

Monday, September 13, 2010

An Armada of Flemings Traveling to St Michaels

 
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On The Beautiful Wye River

 
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Susan With Our Catch

 
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Hooligan Sailin' to the Wye River

 
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So Much Fun!

When we finally left Georgetown, after Hurricane Earl's passing; we had a great sail down Chesapeake Bay to meet friends Susan & Raymond on "Hooligan". We spent 5 funfilled days with the Halls. Day 1 was in Mill Creek, day 2 in Weems Creek, day 3 in Pickering Creek in the Wye River, day 4 in St Michaels, and day 5 in a cove near Kent Narrows Bridge. Susan gave me intensive workshops on "crabbing" and knitting. We caught two dozen crabs and dined for 2 nights on them! The Wye River is particularly beautiful. We highly recommend spending cruising time there. It was sad to say goodbye on Friday when The Halls went back to Middle River and we sailed to the West River, then onto the South River on Saturday to spend a few days with Jon & Yvonne on "Speranza".

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

The Lap Of Luxury (Cruiser's Standards)

Yesterday we arrived in Georgetown, MD (about 7 miles up the Sassafras River), after driving Kismet into the mud doing some exploring into Turner Creek (whoops! we were on the wrong side of the green marker!) Oh, by the way Captain Jim was at the helm! We did some successful kedging off, but decided to get the heck out of there! Then we arrived at the dock at Georgetown Yacht Basin, alittle abruptly, due to a strong current pushing us sideways. After refueling (since we motored all the way from Long Island), and refilling our water tank (because Jim inadvertently drained most of the water while flushing the watermaker). Because it looked like Jim needed some rest, we decided to pick up a mooring ball. They were offering a "stay 2 days, get a 3rd day free". So for $55.00 we will be here for 3 days. It's a good deal - showers, laundry, launch service, bicycles, kayaks, a beautiful pool, and protection from Earl. It is 97 degrees today, so the pool will be nice.