Century Club: Suzanne Fryberger

7/29 - Arrived Friday early evening and sailed out to greet inbound friends.  Gorgeous thunderstorm-passing-south breeze - 1st reef in main.  Back to anchor in the creek.  Late dinner at 8pm; cockpit bathing to cool off at 9pm.  Wonderful.

7/30 - Slept so well in cotton sheets with cool air drifting in through the hatch.  A heavy rain fell for about an hour around 10pm.  In the morning, Dobbs and I sipped coffee and read in the cockpit.  There was a nice breeze luring us out onto the Bay, and it was enough to carry us around Poole's Island and back to anchor in Worton Creek for a late lunch.  In the afternoon, Dobbs went sailing in Agility (the dinghy) and I cleaned Grace's bottom.  It was very slimy on the side exposed to the sun, and reason for a good long swim.  Later, I sat in the cockpit in the shade of the awning, playing penny whistle.  When Dobbs returned, he joined me with violin.  Jim and Crystal were anchored outside and dinghied in for some social.

7/31 - A replay of yesterday morning.  Then, in hopes of finding a morning breeze, we upped anchor and wafted out the creek.  Two and a half hours later, we'd gone 1.2nm (!) and were dropping anchor astern of Northern Star.  Dobbs and I ate lunch and swam over to visit Jim and Crystal.  A nice breeze filled in ahead of the rain forecast for this evening, so Dobbs and I excused ourselves for a lap around Poole's Island.  We returned to anchor at 4:30pm, pretty well played out.

8/1 - Happy Birthday, Jerry!  Back in to the docks after breakfast.  Not an impressive journey, distance-wise, but so worth waking up at anchor.