| Dick
Harrington
Takes the Wayfarers Cruising on Chesapeake Bay: Crisfield - Smith Island - Tangier Island - Crisfield Wednesday 1 June: Crisfield to Smith Island - 2 pics by Dick Harrington, Richard Watterson and Uncle Al ... |
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Luckily for us,
a nice 4 to 6 knots of SSW breeze soon sprang up and
carried us comfortably towards Smith. How nice to a be
in a Wayfarer where we could ignore the channel (see
our track in red) and simply let our
centreboard hitting the sandy bottom tell us when
things were getting a bit too shallow.
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| By 1245 hrs, we were
running up the middle of the Big Thorofare towards the
town of Ewell. It looks quite roomy but is less than knee-deep in most places!! ... |
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| Commodore Harrington
and Richard lead the way ... ... |
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| ... intrepidly... ... |
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| ... with Tony and Mary
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| ... close behind ... ... |
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| ... in perfect ... ... |
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| ... cruise ... ... |
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| ... mode. ... |
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| C'est la vie!!! ... |
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| Our toughest task was
trying to figure out whether or not to wing the jib. ... |
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| Eeek! Uncle Al has
forgotten to put his shirt back on after taking it off
to get a better feel where the earlier, almost non-existent wind was coming from. Understandably, not a single soul said: "Ni-i-i-i-i-ce tits!" ... |
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| Al and Hans decided to
borrow Tony's old mainsail to avoid having to use the W2526 mainsail which has slides that need to be inserted into the mast groove. ... |
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| A brief attempt at
using the jib stick was abandoned when the stick proved
to be a bit too short. ... |
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| Blue Mist ... ... |
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| ... is in ... ... |
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| ... her element! ... |
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| Trimmed for speed with
the weight ... ... |
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| ... amidships. ... |
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| An old
abandoned-looking house seems ... ... |
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| ... popular with ... ... |
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| ... the local bird-life which remains relaxed
as ... ... |
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| ... three Wayfarers
ghost on by. ... |
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| We could afford to
sail outside the channel with board full up whenever the
... ... |
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| ... motor boats needed
to pass. ... |
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| Note how the tour
boat's wake is breaking as it hits the shallower water! ... |
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| Tours to Smith and
Tangier run regularly out of ports on both ... ... |
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| ... the Eastern and Western shores ... ... |
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| ... of Chesapeake Bay. ... |
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| Again, notice the wake
breaking where the water is barely a foot deep! ... |
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| Tony and Dick wisely
give way as they meet ... ... |
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| ... a local barge. |