[Rhodes22-list] Crossing the Chesapeake

[Chris Cowie]

The crab cake was pretty good.  Light lunch crowd outside but a full  
bar.  Sunshine, beer and crab.  No complaints.

Chris Cowie
Cowie Associates PC


On Apr 24, 2010, at 4:52 PM, "R Orkin" <roryorkin at verizon.net> wrote:

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>
>
> cowie wrote:
> >
> > Did anyone get out on the chesapeake yesterday?  The wind was out  
> of the
> > North blowing pretty hard at about 14kts, white caps, choppy seas  
> and lots
> > of spray over the bow as I made my way from Herrington Harbor toward
> > Tilghman Island.  Lot's of pounding into the sea as I motored out  
> of the
> > harbor.  Put the main  about 2/3 of the way out and lowered the  
> boom and
> > let out about 1/3 of the jib with the sheets on the innermost  
> cabin top
> > cleats.  She handled the seas a much better under sail and I had a  
> fun
> > ride up and down the waves sitting in the captains chair.  Set the  
> tiller
> > lock and she sailed close hauled for a couple of hours all by  
> herself
> > making a good 3-3.5 kts across the bay.  Took sail in and motored  
> up to
> > the Knapps narrow bridge and tied up at the bridge restaurant for  
> a crab
> > cake and beer lunch.  The wind died down on my way back across the  
> bay and
> > this gave me the opportunity to run sea trials for my new tiller  
> pilot.
> > Calibrated the pilot, set a track on my Garmin 545 and let the  
> pilot bring
> > me back home.  The wind picked up again about half way back across  
> the bay
> > and I had a nice sail into Herrington Bay before motoring back to  
> my slip
> > in Herrington Harbor.  Not a bad day.
> >
>
> So how was the food ? under new management .. 3rd owner in 2 years..
> Have not been down to try it yet.. THey just re-opened a couple of  
> weeks
> ago.
> Bay 100 across the narrows folded as well and there is talk of it  
> opening
> again
>
> -----
> Rory Orkin
> Tilghman, Md
> 2000 Recycled  Rhodes 22
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