[Public-List] Misery Cruise '08

[Gordon Laco]

Hi Woody - 

We put the woodstove on the starboard bulkhead in the cabin...that little
alcove looks made for a stove or bookshelves!

I think George D put a photo of it on the website - I will send you one
off-list (if I can find the picture...)

Gord #426


On 10/20/08 11:49 AM, "Bill Woodford" <williamwoodford at charleswoodford.com>
wrote:

> 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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