Wine Down on the Old Point Comfort Yacht Club Moonlight Cruise

Trip dates: 
Thursday, October 1, 2020 to Sunday, October 4, 2020
Trip length: 
4 days
Type of watercraft: 
Sail
  • Moonrise
  • Sunset
  • Wine Down at Anchor

Karen and I anchored out starting Thursday night for the full moon. Warm calm day with light south winds. Anchored in Back River off Messick Point. Watched a fantastic moonrise and then an aborted launch at Wallops. Friday Walt and Collette Bailey and Ken Damon and Margeret Miller joined us. Don and Julie Gregory stopped by and we all watched the Cygnus missle launch to the International Space station. Another fantastice moonrise. Saturday we took the dinghys exploring into Harris Creek and Saturday night was a fantastic BBQW dinner and live music at Bull Island BBQ. All a stones throw from the anchorage. Spent the night visiting with friends. Brent Wethered stopped by a number of mornings on his daily dolphin patrol. Winds were strong for many of the evenings but the anhorage has a muddy bottom and everyone held with no issues. A rough trip back to HYC on Sunday morning but we did sde dolphins coming into Hampton Roads. All in all a very nice weekend.