August 19-20, 2000 -- Weekend on the Magothy

On August 19, we got up early and headed to the Magothy river. Well, relatively speaking we got up early, considering that we went to bed around 2:00 AM! After we cleared the mouth of the Severn River, we went under sail completely and even shut the engines off after clearing the Bay Bridge. Unfortunately, the wind shifted, as we were about to tack, so we turned the engines back on and headed into the Magothy river. Once we got there, we pulled out our towing stuff and went tubing. Lou had never been tubing before, so she was first to test out our new steerable tube. It was a lot of fun, but very tiring so in the space of an hour, everyone had had a turn. We got back to the boat, and discovered we were ravenous. After eating, everyone was tuckered out, so we all took a nap. Once we got up, we were moving much slower. Everyone was sore! We fixed dinner, then played cards until the wee hours of the morning. On August 20, we got up late, again. After a big breakfast of waffles, bacon and eggs, we got ready to head back to Annapolis. This included putting the dinghy up on deck. The wind had been blowing a steady 15 knots since last night, and we were concerned about wave heights. We like it calm when towing the dinky behind us. While the dinghy went up faster than we have ever done it previously, it was mildly painful to say the least since we were all still sore! We headed out of the Magothy shortly after the wind died. There would be no sailing today! It was a quick easy trip back to Annapolis. Along the way, we heard Sea Dancer trying to call Shamaal, so we gave them a call to say hey. We anchored in our usual spot, and spent the next hour trying to figure out what was going on at the Naval Academy. A little bit later, Ron and Karen from Sea Dancer stopped by to visit, and then later, Bob on Baboo stopped by. Finally, John from Goody Two Shoes stopped by. Cruising on a boat full time is a bit like living in a very small town, just about everyone knows everyone else (or at least the boat name) out here full time and watches out for each other and you are kind of glad they do. Since the Coast Guard is so under funded, they have a hard time handling the emergencies and saving the idiots that should not be out here in the first place. Maggie and Lou headed home around 7:00 PM, we were sorry to see them go; it had been a very enjoyable weekend with them. We spent the rest of the weekend quietly, and I spent some time catching up on writing logs