[Alberg30] JIM, BARB, & HINCKLEY'S DOWNEAST ADVENTURE part #1 We're Off (fwd)

[George Dinwiddie]

Forwarded message:
> Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 13:34:31 -0700 (PDT)
> From: waconah
> 
> We finally left our dock at 11:45am Monday 6-24-02, one day late.
> We made it to Chesapeake City in 8 hours, eating lunch and dinner
> en route. Hinckley was very excited greeting our friends as we
> arrived. We are traveling with several other boats from the Alberg
> 30 Sailing Club. Summitt, Waranatoo, and Isobar, are going on the
> 2 week summer A30 summer cruise. Skybird plans to go as far as
> Mystic Seaport. Miss Maggie, Le-Reve, Grace, and Imp plan to go as
> far as Blue Hill, Maine and nearby ports. Waconah and Leighway plan
> an adventure to the Bay of Fundy and a visit to the Reversing Falls
> on the St. Johns River, New Brunswick, Canada.
> 
> This is Hinckley's (our 9 month old  miniature Schnauzer) first
> cruise.  On Tuesday we arrived on a short trip to Salem, N.J.
> Hinckley fell off the dock at the yacht club and Barbara retrieved
> her. We all had a wonderful visit on Market St. to the homes of
> club members Bill & Mary Breneman and their neighbor Paul Isenberg.
> Paul is a master chef and he prepared a scrumptious grilled dinner.
> We dined next to a gorgeous garden and and had a delightful evening.
> Unfortunately leaving Salem Harbor, Miss Maggie ran up on a wreck
> and had to be towed off. (hello Towboat US) Because of the heat,
> Summitt, Isobar, & Waranatoo returned home.  We found Cape May
> Harbor a challenge as the water is very thin in all the anchorages.
> It is really silting in. Hinckley fell off the bow after "doing
> her duties".  Luckily we missed her and retrieved her with a
> fish/doggie net.  Thursday, onto Atlantic City where we discovered
> a secret anchorage we haven't seen before. We partied together and
> had a great evening.
> 
> Friday's port was Manasquan another NJ port where anchorages are
> hard to come by. We wanted to revisit a "pristine little lake"
> called Glimmerglass, but the single bascule drawbridge tender
> strongly advised us not to come thru. We were too big and another
> sailboat mast had hit the bridge the week before. Plan 2 was to
> tie to the Shrimp Box resaurant, have dinner and stay the night.
> This was no longer permitted as there is a new owner. Bob on Leighway
> charmed the owner, and Leighway, Waconah, & Skybird had a delicious
> seafood dinner and stayed the night.
> 
> Imp & Grace opted to stay at the gas dock and visit the yacht club.
> At this point Le-Reve and Miss Maggie have fallen behind because
> of repairs and have decided to stay in A.C. another day and head
> back. Saturday was exciting as the five remaining boats, Skybird,
> Imp, Grace, Leighway & Waconah entered New York Harbor, under the
> Verrazano Narrows Bridge, past the Statue of Liberty, to Liberty
> Park. This is a great little anchorage. Joan, Elaine, Barb, &
> Hinckley walked thru the park. On Sunday we had a treat, taking in
> the breathtaking sights of the East River, past all the skyscrapers
> and timing our trip thru Hell's Gate to get the slack tide. We
> arrived in Northport NY at the Yacht club where we visited club
> members Bob & Barbara Johns. The club had a barbcue and we ate on
> the top deck above the pool and beautiful harbor. We walked Hinckley
> & Scuppers (Leigh) to town.
> 
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  George Dinwiddie                             gdinwiddie at alberg30.org
  The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span those hours spent in
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