Trip 24 Short overnight and exploration of Hart Miller Island

Trip dates: 
Sunday, August 29, 2021 to Monday, August 30, 2021
Trip length: 
2 days
Type of watercraft: 
Sail
  • Sunset at Hawk Cove again. Calm night.
  • Another sailing day done.
  • Finally, we visited the park on Hart-Miller Island. A very nice place.

Parkside to Hawk Cove: The winds are from the northeast 6 knots with temperatures in the high 70s low 80s and partly cloudy. We took a quick trip to the pump out and then out to sail. Unfortunately, by the time we got out to the bay, there was no wind so we instead decided to anchor in Hawk Cove and go swimming. Dinner was grilled steak with potato salad and cucumber salad. Brownies for dessert, Yum. We relaxed looking at the stars and listening to Spotify. Bedtime at 11:00 PM. Oh, I got a chance to clean the water line and the paddle wheel so now things were working again.

Hawk Cove to Parkside: It was a quiet warm night, but we slept well anyway. We were up at 7:40 and made coffee for a breakfast of cereal and fruit. Then we took a nice swim relaxing in the warm day of low 80 degrees sunny to partly cloudy. Afterwards we deployed the dinghy and engine and took a short trip over to the park as no one was in the area. I walked around the park office as Sue look for shells on the beach. We then zipped back over to the boat and grilled hot dogs for lunch along with macaroni salad. Then we took another swim and readied the dinghy for towing. We sailed for over 30 minutes towing the dinghy for practice, but the weather and winds kept changing and we headed in. We moved the dinghy forward for our docking which turned out fine.

Days: 2     Days to date: 56

Miles: 16.9     Miles to date: 684.9