Pumpkin carving contest at the Alberg raftup
Have you noticed that the nights have gotten noticeably colder? The trees are changing color and many have lost their leaves? The days are shorter and the geese are arriving from their migration flights in large numbers . Fortunately they are not being chased around the fields of eastern Maryland as some people may think! The “Wild Goose Chase” is the most popular of some twenty cruising activities of the Chesapeake Bay Alberg 30 One-Design Association
The Alberg 30 Association has been around for 49 years. This year’s Wild Goose Chase was organized and led by Mike Meinhold on his Alberg “RINN DUIN” hull number 272. Mike planned a visit to the northern bay.
Our week’s cruise started with a rendezvous at Mountain Point on Gibson Island. Mike and Trish Lehman, Gilleleje Hull number 505 arranged for the food and beverages for the eighty five Albergers attend ing the Fall Renezvous .
Our destinations included Fairlee Creek, Georgetown and Turner Creek where we held the Alberg “soup night”. Each participating boat provided a delicious soup. The fourth night found us in the land-locked anchorage at Still Pond. The anchorage was very dark thus providing a great setting for our annual pumpkin carving contest. Two beautiful days were spent in Swan Creek, one in Bodkin Creek and finally we sailed home to our respective ports on Sunday after a wonderful eight day “Wild Goose Chase .”
