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Lightning and starlight over the Atlantic
Again more storms and no wind, but drama in the sky every couple of hours. Went for dinner back on the salt marsh and got chased home in time for the light show.
A cold front is crawling southward, arriving sometime today. We’ll head for Charleston to explore a bit (with raincoats) while it works its way through. It may finally blow things out some. Sunday looks promising.
After the storm, Skull Inlet
We’re spending a week near Beaufort, South Carolina (beyoo’fort. not NC’s bo’furt), and hope to do some sailing in the sounds and inlets while we’re here. A Stationary Front has stalled over the coast, though – little or no wind, hot and steamy. Small popup storm showers wander the horizon like grazing cattle. Not much good for sailing, but great for cloud watching.
Michael Bogoger, The Doryman
Speaking of boats . . .
Back in January, at the end of the Epic Cross Country Road Trip, there was a fun little bonus waiting: A chance meeting with longtime boatbuilder and maritime blogger known as Doryman.
A day on the Chesapeake Bay. Fog in the morning. Some wind. Wind dies. Nice wind in the afternoon. Wind dies. Dusk. Wind comes back.
music by
Charlie Parr Clearlake
Al Pettyway & Amy White Up on Flat Top Mountain
Ben Howard Promise
Video from Day 1. Leaving Dames Quarter, into the Naticoke, the Wicomico, Ellis Bay, Monie Bay, and ending up in Pigeonhouse Creek for the night.
music by
Rafael Sotomayor Deustad
Dizzi Dulcimer Dizzi Jig
On the sandbar
The river and marshes are swaddled in fog. Scattered around the cove, I can just see the nearest boats. The far ones not at all. There’s still a breeze, which is odd. Means the fog bank covers a wide area. It’s a grainy fog, almost a mist. Can’t tell if that bell donging is a distant buoy or another boat out in the channel. Coffee will be good this morning.
Continue reading “Chesapeake Float ~ Day 2: Crossing the Bar”
Day’s End
It’s Thursday, instead of the weekend, so we have the ramp to ourselves.
Some of the guys are already there. Pete and Ron are rigging up. Kenny is launching.
Continue reading “Chesapeake Float ~ Day 1: Quarter of the Damned”