About seventy AYC members on 20+ boats and assorted land yachts with near by hotel rooms (and one RV), decended on Haven Harbour North for the now annual Oktoberfest cruise.
Century Club: mike pitchford
Friday, September 16, 2022 to Sunday, September 18, 2022
Number of days:
3 days
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Number of days:
1 day
not many left in this season (fair weather rower)
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Number of days:
1 day
mid September. I am a fair weather rower so running out of days to do this.
Friday, September 9, 2022 to Sunday, September 11, 2022
Number of days:
3 days
Ten boats joined up in Cambridge at the Cambridge Yacht Club (CYC), for the weekend. The cruisers enjoyed happy hour at the CYC Tiki bar both Friday and Saturday evening. On Saturday several of us also took the Harriett Tubman tour (she was born in Dorchester County).
During the Saturday happy hour PC Jim Ellis presenter CYC GM with an AYC burgee. It was a very nice touch.
Saturday evening 26 of us gathered in the CYC dining room for a group dinner.
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Thursday, September 8, 2022
Number of days:
1 day
Covid kept me off the water for a couple weeks. Back for a nice row this morning.
Saturday, September 3, 2022 to Monday, September 5, 2022
Number of days:
3 days
We have all experienced a cool Labor Day weekend; the one that sneaks up on you with cooler weather after a hot summer and foretells the fall to come. Early forecasts indeed suggested a cooler weekend but updated forecasts showed this Labor Day Weekend to be a continuation of August’s warm days. And so it was.
Fortunately the assembled members of the AYC Cruising Fleet had a hot weather ace. The cruisers anchored for the long weekend near the Wye River home of Dick and Karen Kimberly. While the Wye was well stocked with jellyfish, which eliminated the idea of a swim off the boat, the Kimberly’s invited all to their pool to cool off. It was a perfect match for the hot weekend days.
The cruisers also enjoyed a poolside happy hour, a Sunday morning kayak and SUP trek along the Wye and another evening happy hour aboard cruiser Bob Smith’s 58’ Hatteras LRC, Mary Kathryn. What could be better?
The late summer cruise revealed more than a few boat maintenance issues. We had house battery charging issues, a generator that would not stay lit, some AC fault codes and a few dinghy engines denying their owners a ride. All in, the cruisers worked around the problems and banked a great long weekend on the boat. The sunsets were especially sweet, and the rain stayed away until all were home safely on Monday.
We have all experienced a cool Labor Day weekend; the one that sneaks up on you with cooler weather after a hot summer and foretells the fall to come. Early forecasts indeed suggested a cooler weekend but updated forecasts showed this Labor Day Weekend to be a continuation of August’s warm days. And so it was.
Fortunately the assembled members of the AYC Cruising Fleet had a hot weather ace. The cruisers anchored for the long weekend near the Wye River home of Dick and Karen Kimberly. While the Wye was well stocked with jellyfish, which eliminated the idea of a swim off the boat, the Kimberly’s invited all to their pool to cool off. It was a perfect match for the hot weekend days.
The cruisers also enjoyed a poolside happy hour, a Sunday morning kayak and SUP trek along the Wye and another evening happy hour aboard cruiser Bob Smith’s 58’ Hatteras LRC. What could be better?
The late summer cruise revealed more than a few boat maintenance issues. We had house battery charging issues, a generator that would not stay lit, some AC fault codes and a few dinghy engines denying their owners a ride. All in, the cruisers worked around the problems and banked a great long weekend on the boat. The sunsets were especially sweet, and the rain stayed away until all were home safely on Monday.
Monday, August 22, 2022
Number of days:
1 day
We took the big boat over to to AYC for dinner with the Libby's. This was day 100! It couldnt have been nicer.
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Number of days:
1 day
Another fine morning for a row. It is mid August so in a few weeks it may start to be a little cold for a morning row in shorts and a t-shirt.
Wednesday, August 10, 2022 to Sunday, August 14, 2022
Number of days:
5 days
August made it time for my annual cruise with my college roommate/fraternity brothers. The four of us have been doing this at least once a year since 1992.
This trip took us to Baltimore for a ballgame (rained out), to Georgetown MD, (Skipjack Cove), to Deale (Herrington North) to Annapolis (home) in time to drive into DC for a Nats ballgame (no rain).
Monday, August 8, 2022
Number of days:
1 day
I could fast walk. I could ride my bike. I could row. On a morning like this, yes it is hot and humid It also features clear blue skys and light wind. So, I row!