Century Club: Dorian Haldeman

We had an amazing cruise on Terrapin this year.  We headed south from Solomon's for several nights at anchor in Mobjack Bay before crossing the bay to Cape Charles.  Cape Charles is always a highlight of the trip as we love the town and the brewery.  We caught many Spanish Mackerel and Jeff finally caught his cobia!  So we always had fresh fish for dinner.  We stopped also in Gwynns Island and our favorite anchorage in Little Bay/Windmill Point.  Lots of fun dinghy rides and beach adventures.  Not much sailing as the winds were light while we were in transit.  We finished off our trip with a visit to Crisfield to see my parents.  We arrived during the watermens boat docking competition and enjoyed the Hard Crab Derby fireworks that evening.  Winds piped up on Labor Day so we finally had a great sail on our way home to Solomons.  It was a memorable adventure for sure and we are looking forward to next year!

We had a great Friday afternoon/evening sail on Terrapin to Little Choptank.  It was perfect!  15-20 knots downwind sailing at 7-8 Kts.  We caught a couple of gorgeous Spanish Mackerel and enjoyed two lovely nights anchored out in Hudson Creek.  We headed back on Sunday after a fun dinghy cruise.  Looking forward to going south next week!

We spent an abbreviated weekend at Spring Cove and played on our little Key West.  Saturday evening we had a lovely cruise up the river to join the SMSA raft up for a drink.  We caught a lovely sunset on the ride home.  Sunday was a great, flat powerboat day so we headed out in search of fish!

We hauled Spanish Mackerel south to Ware River Yacht Club for their annual regatta.  We had six very competitive Bucanneer crews that battled it out over two hot and breezy days.  Our practice sail on Friday was. It short by thunderstorms but weather was clear the rest of the weekend. We finished third overall so we came home with some hardware.  Always a fun time hanging out with the Bucanneer fleet.  Aarrggh!