Century Club: mike pitchford

Thursday, October 15, 2026 to Sunday, October 18, 2026
Number of days:
4 days
  • Boys sail cofee cups at the ready on a crisp fall morning

It has been an interesting fall. Went back and forth on plans to take the boat south for the winter in lieu of winterization. Diesel prices and more finally convinced me to winterize.

So, one last cruise to include my regular going south delivery crew, my college roommates was in order. The Boys gathered in Annapolis and we enjoyed the town on the eve of the first day of the sailboat show. From there we headed to Baltimore and ended up with an unplanned lay day due to wind and waves out on the Bay.

It was nice in any case. In particular the tirip was a culinary delight as we sampled the food at various Baltimore Markets.

Friday, September 25, 2026 to Saturday, October 3, 2026
Number of days:
9 days
  • tour boat for Windmill visit
  • Our river boat
  • Amsterdam canal tour boat

My last post was reviewing eight days driving a 50' canal boat in the south of France. Our total trip was over three weeks. Once you pay the airfare to get to Europe you might as well stay a while to amortize the cost.

So we booked passage on a riverboat traveling from Basel, Switzerland to Amsterdam. Along the way we rode bikes into the countryside and took smaller barges and other watercraft to visit windmills and explore the many, many canals in Amsterdam.

Wednesday, September 16, 2026 to Friday, October 23, 2026
Number of days:
8 days
  • Our canal boat, five cabins, about 50'

Annapolis Yacht Club group, 47 in all, chartered eight canal boats on the Canal du Midi in the South of France. We enjoyed eight lovely days, a few warmer than we wanted, cruising slowly (extremely slowly, max maybe five knots) through the French countryside.

For more on this cruise look for a story in the December issue of PropTalk

Friday, September 11, 2026 to Saturday, September 12, 2026
Number of days:
2 days

Made the trip to Rock Hall for the Club's annual Oktoberfest cruise. It is always a great time and haven Harbor is a great location for a larger group of boats. They have the transient slips and a nive gazebo for the group gatherings.
This weekend crusie bribngs me to 100 days on the water!

Friday, September 4, 2026 to Sunday, September 6, 2026
Number of days:
3 days

Long weekend cruise with the yacht club. First stop was Warton Creek, inside at the Wharf moorings and anchored off.  The late afternoon included the group stopping in at the Lands Point Winery & vinyard. The second night was Turner Creek on the Sassafras wher we enjoyed a happy hour at the pavilion.

Saturday, August 29, 2026
Number of days:
1 day

Oldest granddaughter had her final birthday celebration of the summer on Saturday. She turned seven back in May but had several delayed celebrations. This one was he specific request. Tubing followed by a big boat rrip over to the yacht club for more swimming and ice cream (and a surprise cake).

Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Number of days:
1 day

Small pleasures of live on the Bay; we boated acros the mouth of the Severn to Lake O for book club gathering. Back in the dark, missing crab pots was interesting.  

Friday, August 21, 2026 to Sunday, August 23, 2026
Number of days:
3 days
  • one log canoe down

Club Cruise to Oxford for the Log Canoe races at Tred Avon Yacht Club.

Saturday, August 15, 2026
Number of days:
1 day

Left the boat for a week at Haven Harbour North to let Tony re-work the overhead hatch in the main salon to stop a leak.  Took the boat home on Saturday and waiting for the next rain storm to test his work.

Saturday, August 8, 2026
Number of days:
1 day

moved the boat over to Rock Hall to get the main salon overhead hatch rebedded while we are at the beach for a week.  Storm north of me as I arrived in Rock Hall.

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