[Public-List] Misery Cruise '08

[Bill Woodford]

Gord,

Sounds like a great cruise.  

Regarding your woodstove,  where is the stove located on the boat?  Do you 
have any photos of the stove.  Did you have to make many modifications to 
install the stove?

Thanks for your time,


Woody

US11


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wrote:
>
> 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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