Last Club cruise of the season

Trip dates: 
Saturday, October 23, 2021 to Sunday, October 24, 2021
Trip length: 
2 days
Type of watercraft: 
Power

The last cruise of the Club's season has become known at the "Plan A/B Cruise".  It has been a staple of the cruising calendar since 2012.  It was designed to be one last easy overnight, to a close location, before folks put their boats up for the winter. 

In this inaugural year, the cruise was dutifully planned for the last weekend in October. As fate would have it, Hurricane Sandy formed in the Carribean in late October and advanced north to become Superstorm Sandy, devastating the New York and New England coasts.  On the way north the storm brushed by Annapolis and caused the cruise organizers to reconsider the planned anchorage nearby.

So, Plan B was born.  Boats stayed at home.  In lieu of the short overnight trip the cruise leaders hosted the would be cruisers at their home for a happy hour.  In the years since the cruise has been planned with both boat cruise and land travel options, depending on the weather.  In practice, except in the worst weather, cruisers have come both by land and by sea.

The 2021 installment offered very good weather.  Ten boats and crews anchored in Rideout Creek,  just north of Annapolis. A larger contingent arrive by car and 50+ spend a wonderful fall evening outside a members waterfront home.