[Public-List] Misery Cruise '08, end of season sails

[Gordon Laco]

Sounds great - 

Wouldn't it be nice if we could rendezvous in the North Channel some time?
I guess it is a longish trip for all of us and coordinating the time off
might make it impossible...

Gord #426


On 10/21/08 8:10 AM, "crufone at comcast.net" <crufone at comcast.net> wrote:

> Gord,
> 
> I always enjoy your renditions of this annual
> cruise........................the usual embellishments and witty narrative
> more than make up for any lack of any would be encounters with misery, ;-).
> 
> David Terrel and I had a wonderful last season sail aboard Scholarship II on
> Traverse Bay, MI last Sunday.  Brisk wind and good company made for a
> delightful afternoon.
> 
> Michael  
> 
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net>
> 
>> Hello Gang - 
>> 
>> Well the Misery Cruise of '08 is history - and I am sorry to say there was
>> not much misery.
>> 
>> We left Midland Bay Sailing Club at approx 11:00hrs Saturday in company with
>> TULAK, a 33' steel hulled yawl. In very light airs, under perfectly clear
>> skies and an air temperature in the high teens we motored down Severn Sound.
>> Considering that we were facing a voyage under power, we opted for a
>> perilous inside passage through Big Dog Channel, past Honey Harbour, Deer
>> Island etc and on up to our rendezvous point at Frying Pan Harbour.
>> 
>> Big Dog was a thrill as the bottom was clearly visible in the still clear
>> water with every ripple in the sand and rock bottom visible and apparently
>> within hands reach. Arrived at Frying Pan about mid afternoon...found
>> several powerboats anchored in the usual odd manners around the perifery of
>> the harbour with lines to trees (I will never figure out why they do that,
>> invariably pinning themselves broadside to the wind or on lee shores)
>> 
>> We lay about in the cockpit eating cheese and crackers, reading and
>> snoozing. Roused ourselves later for a walk around the island and had the
>> pleasure of introducing our Dutch friend Charles to the first beaver dam he
>> has ever seen. He was amazed that mere rodents had constructed such a
>> thing... We suggested that it was not such a great achievement, pointing out
>> how poorly the beavers had laid out the pre-construction survey, commenting
>> on the complete lack of architectural accents that might have made it
>> prettier, etc etc.
>> 
>> In time for supper WANDERLOVE arrived, and after all hands had been fed we
>> retreated to the woodstove ashore, dragged picnic benches close and got a
>> roaring fire going. The absinthe sipping, wine quaffing and story telling
>> continued briskly until midnight. At one point the last powerboat shut off
>> his generator - we cheered as loudly as we could. Later, under incredibly
>> bright blazing stars we retired to our various yachts and denned up for the
>> night. 
>> 
>> In SURPRISE we got a fire going in the woodstove and turned in. Awoke to
>> thick frost on the decks and another lovely day.
>> 
>> No misery this year.
>> 
>> Mark and Sandy - thanks for joining us - can't wait to rendezvous with you
>> again next spring!
>> 
>> Gord #426 SURPRISE
>> 
>> 
>> 
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