Century Club: mike pitchford

Sometime in July and August, you just need to duck the heat and get off the Bay. Friends invited us to Lake George where they have a rustic house on an island known as Three Brothers Island. The daily boat rides, kayaking around the island and more in crystal clear water was a welcome break from the hot Chesapeake days.

One of the joys of living on the water is easy and simple boating opportunities. On Monday evening we were scheduled to have dinner with friends also on the water and nearby. We could have taken the car. But for us, if the weather is going to cooperate we always default to the boat for the short ride to see friends on the creek.
This visit was special in a way. The purpose of the dinner was to advance discussions about a week long charter in Croatia. Next June my entries will be all about that trip.

Cruising travel and weather have limited my morning rowing this year so far. Hopefully more to come in the next few months.

We are seven days into our Long Island Sound cruise. This one is with the Annapolis Yacht Club. We have 20 boats and 55 participants at some point. There are six formal group stops and eight events.

The first steps are always to get there, up the Chesapeake, down the Delaware and through New York City. Sail and slower powerboats can take five days for that transit. The faster boats generally make it in three.

First official stop was a group gathering at the Seawanhaka Yacht Club in Oyster Bay NY.