| Dick
Harrington
Takes the Wayfarers Cruising on Chesapeake Bay: Crisfield - Smith Island - Tangier Island - Crisfield Sat 27 May - Tues 30 May: Getting to Crisfield via Tony's and Mary's - 1 pics mostly by Uncle Al ... |
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| Hans Gottschling (r)
arrives with his van at 0930 hrs (half an hour early!
how's that for keen??!!) to pick up Uncle Al at his Oakville home. ... |
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| For this trip down to
the Chesapeake, we let MapQuest
choose a scenic route that avoided tolls. The drive was
lovely and quite speedy, allowing us to reach Harrisburg by evening, and leaving us only about two hours' drive to reach our first destination ... ... |
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| ... Tony Krauss and
Mary's new home, right in the middle of Elk Neck State
Park at the very head of Chesapeake Bay. ... |
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Awaiting us at
Tony's was W2526, kindly being loaned to us for the
week by Bill Harkins. After Tony had provided us with
beers to combat
...the heat, we wasted no time fitting the boom tent which Hans had made for Uncle Al in 1978 but which had never been used. Of course ... |
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| ,,, the master himself
insisted on installing the snap buttons in just the
right spots himself. ... |
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| One of Tony's and
Mary's more frequent guests in the Park. ... |
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| The small residential
area in the Park includes this lovely launch area where
on Monday, we launched W2526 and W10245 ... ... |
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| ... which had been
trailed in from Harrisburg by new Wayfarer, Richard
Watterson, who would cruise aboard Blue Mist with Dick Harrington, but wanted to use this weekend to get some advice about his Mark III from us veterans. ... |
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| While Uncle Al was
sailing with Richard, W2526 was getting warmed up by ... |
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| ... Hans and Mary.
Tony, meanwhile, stayed ashore, treating a sore leg with
cold beer. ... |
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| Monday evening, we
treated our hosts, Mary and Tony (l) to supper
at Welsh's Dockside in Elkton. Looks like Hans (r)
has been enjoying his beer liberally, while Richard has the look I'm more used to seeing when I have the camera on a topless beach! ... |
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| Just to show that
Uncle Al was there, too! Richard looks a bit more like
his usual self here. ... |
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| After a hearty
breakfast at a local diner, the two-boat convoy set out
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| ... for Crisfield where we were to meet Dick
just past noon. ... |
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| We weren't even out of
Elkton when Tony's trailer tire ... ... |
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| ... exploded. While
Uncle Al used the opportunity to have a quick smoke by
the side of the very busy road, Tony (above) and Richard did a very quick and proficient replacement job, and a mere three scenic hours later ... ... |
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| ... the Hans-mobile
had reached Crisfield. Navigator Al did the next-to
impossible by getting us lost in a town as small as Crisfield. Richard came to the rescue with ... ... |
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| ... his Blackberry,
and soon had us at ... ... |
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| ... the spacious
public launch area opposite Somer's Cove Marina
where we would start our cruise to ... ... |
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| ... Smith and Tangier
Islands (see red circle above). ... |
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| Depending on the wind
direction, we would go Crisfield-Smith-Tangier-Crisfield
or Crisfield-Tangier-Smith-Crisfield, whichever gave us the easiest first day's sail (i.e. no beat!) |