2009 November | s/v Monomoy's blog

Turkey Weekend Sail

November 28, 2009…

What a great weekend. The weather was supposed to be much better, so we had planned to stay out overnight, but the unpredicted clouds were questionable, so we opted to day sail on Saturday and Sunday.

There were many other boats sailing the bay.

Carol enjoyed herself.

As did Pogo.

Blake, Carol, and Pogo.

Blake hamming it up.

What a gorgeous sunset.

November 29, 2009…

Sunday was supposed to be even better than Saturday, so we headed back out in the morning for several hours of sailing.

Carol relaxed.

Blake hanging out with Private Stock Too in the background.

Private Stock Too sailed up for a chat.

Pogo drank too much too fast and had to lay down.

Cheers.

Carol took the helm for a photo op.

Hard to tell with the zoom lens struggling, but it appeared that Pan Dragon was out of her slip for the day.

Heading back in to the marina we were treated to a dolphin show, but they were so quick moving around it was hard to keep up with them enough for pictures, but we did catch the fin of one just at the bow of a passing powerboat.

It was a great weekend of sailing! Looking forward to next time.

November 30th, 2009 Posted by Captain | Day Sail | no comments

Mid-week Sail

Nov. 25, 2009 (Wednesday)…

Blake and Carol were both at home for the Thanksgiving break and it was such a beautiful day that we decided to go for an afternoon sail.

We didn’t take many photos on this trip, but we sure had fun.

Ken and Sheri were out sailing as well and took the following two photos of us.

Here are a couple of pics of Ken/Sheri and Private Stock Too.

That was our pre-turkey day sail. Can’t wait for the weekend.

November 26th, 2009 Posted by Captain | Day Sail | no comments

Blue Angel’s Homecoming Air Show 2009

What a fantastic weekend!

We sailed out around 5:30pm on Friday November 13, 2009 and headed for Ft. McRee. It was dark by the time we arrived at 8pm, but what a great night sail we had as the bay was all ours. We dropped anchor at the first available spot near the cove entrance, because all we could see were anchor lights throughout. Jody arrived about 8:30pm (after launching his powerboat about 5 minutes before) and rafted with us for the night. He forgot his sleeping bag, so he became our first overnight guest and slept in our cabin on the settee.

The next morning after breakfast, Jody, Pogo, and I went scouting for a better location to anchor.

We found a great spot to anchor Monomoy and Private Stock Too (who arrived later around noon), then took Jody’s boat to shore to setup his canopy, cooler, etc. Blake came along this trip to help out.

Afterward, Bob and Teresa (Carol’s parents) were picked up by Jody on his boat, then upon returning to Monomoy, Jody rafted up, with Ken/Sheri arriving shortly after in Private Stock Too rafting up next to Jody.

We proceeded to eat raw oysters, shrimp cocktails, and Joe Pattie’s crab dip, while sipping rum, wine, and Corona as we watched the Blue Angel’s Homecoming Air Show.

Pogo complained occasionally about the super sonic fly bys.

Blake agreed that some of them were loud.

But it was still quite a site.

There were lots of boaters out to watch.

Pogo thought it more relaxing to watch the water.

Sheri enjoyed her day.

Bob, Jody, and Ben hanging out.

Pogo found a new spot to hold down.

Ken took his dinghy for a short sail. Blake wanted to bring The Force, but we were concerned about the number of boaters expected out there, so we opted to leave The Force at the marina for the weekend.