Went to the Solomons Island Marine Museum Festival. Lots to see and do. Besutiful day out, including a cruise around the harbor on the Tennison. Surprised how few people were at the festival, we thought is was spectacular.
Is there a trick to getting these pics to not be sideways? I'm not taking then sideways.
Boy were we ever surprised by a racoon hopping out while we were taking the cover off the pontoon boat. I thought it was a cat at first, hey, I'm no naturalist. No idea how or why he was under there. Once we got over the surprise from each other, he hid at first inside the middle toon but once we lowered the boat off the lift and started the engine he scampered onto the dock and hid underneath it. Not wanting to instigate a confrontation we went out on our way so I could practice steering and docking . Hopefully he will be able to find his way back onto the land and leave our boat alone. But we're going to be very cautious about taking off the cover in the future. I am amazed he didn't rip the cushions up or shred the cover. They can be very vicious. At any rate I still can't dock the boat, Alan had to ultimately do it. I am a wimp.
Took my new pontoon boat out on the Potomac for its true inaugural run. Out about 1.5 hours. Alan and I had fun
Went down to Horseheads cliffs and hung out for a while. Mildly choppy out but boat handled well. Spectacular weather. 85 degrees and sunny.
Need more practice docking. Managed to crash into the dock bringng the boat in and took out one of the guide poles on the lift. Amazingly. Alan didn't yell at me.
Took possession of my new Viaggio Diamante today.
Sailed with Alan on Mattox Creek. Wind was OK, tho a little inconsistent. Warm enough for shorts and Tee shirts. Can't wait for summer.
Went with Alan around Mattox Creek and partially into the Potomac. Strong gusts of wind made me nervous that we were going to capsize but Alan always assures me it is *almost* impossible to capsize a keeled sailboat. Hmmm, almost...
Cold day but OK in the sun.
Sailed out on Mattox Creek with Alan, Cool but not freezing.
Unseasonly warm for feb. Went on a nice kayak with Alan, checked out sunken sailboat in river. Kayacked to marina.
Start of a 14 day cruise
Cool day but bearable. Got the kayaks out after a year of storing them.