Century Club: Dino Frangos

This weekend we sailed to Bay Bridge Marina on Kent Island. Winds were light on the way over, so we motored part of the way. We had a nice time at the marina, swimming in the marina's pool and having dinner at Libbey's Coastal Kitchen. It was a bit hot on the boat overnight, but otherwise it was comfortable. On Sunday, we had to move the boat to another slip since the marina mistakenly thought that we were leavinng that day. On Sunday evening, we went to The Inn at the Chesapeake Bay Beach Club& Spa. On Monday, we motor-sailed back to the DSC, since the winds were light. The highlight of the return trip was passig very close to Sany Point and Baltimore Lighthouses. It was a good weekend!

Today, I attended the Dowtown Sailing Center/Universal Sailing Club Mixer at the DSC. I took out 3 members of the DSC on Sweet Dreams. It was a very enjoyable experiece sailig with them. Afterward, we went to Little Havana to have some drinks and food. It was a really nice day.

Today, we arrrived in Copenhagen. We took a 1.5-hour boat ride through the canals of Copenhagen, Denmark. This is my second time doing this ride. It was my sons' first time in Copehagen, so I thought they would enjoy this. The boat started in Nyhavn, which is probably the most famous part of the city. This is where all of the colorful buildings are along the canal. The boat took us around Inderhavnen, the inner harbor of the city, and along several of its canals. We saw the famous Little Mermaid statue, the Danish Royal Yacht Dannebrog, and various historic Cold-War-era ships. The canals were full of a variety of interesting boats, both old and new. Copenhagen's relatively few canals are quite similar in appearance to Amsterdam's.

Today, I made a spontaneous decision to take a short day trip to the island on Chalki. I checked my AIS app in the morning and saw that the Naxos Jet, a high speed catamaran ferry, was going to be arriving in Pigadia. Several times a week, this ferry travels between Crete and Rhodos, stopping in Kasos, Karpathos, and Chalki along the way, I told Alex about the ferry and he got excited. We quickly got ready and bought round-trip tickets to Chalki. Within minutes, we were on the ferry and on our way. It was out first time on such a ferry, and we thoroughly enjoyed it. There are no cabins for passengers, just bus/airplane style seats.. There are also snack bars where you can buy food. On the aft part of the ship, you can walk on the deck, outside the ship. I talked to one of the mates on the ship and asked if we could see the bridge, Unfortunately, we couldn't because the ship was rocking too much as we zoomed along at 28 kts. I did have a chance to talk to one of ship's mechanics as I explored the lower areas of the ship, where he talked to me about the ship's four large, powerful engines and how they worked. While in Halki, we had enough time to hike from the harbor up to the Knights of St. John castle. It was a greuling hike, but worth it! We made it back in time to the harbor to catch the same high-speed ferry back to Karpathos 3.5 hours later.