BLAH!

SHIP'S LOG:

The days have been crappy and it was a good time to get away . . . .and do some laundry. So I did. Other than that, ti has been a crappy couple of days. Crappy! Crappy! Crappy!As the season wind to a close, this time of years is usually among the best for sailing. The humidity is light, or it is supposed to be and most of the boaters are not boating so the area is clear of extraneous traffic. Even the number of fishermen is down as compared with the summer season. But so far, the weather has been less than ideal. It seems as though IRENE, while not the hurricane we were led to expect, some how blew through and took the good weather with her.I am hoping that it will turn around before I haul ABISHAG for the winter.

It looks as though Columbus Day Weekend will be the target for hauling out. Fred and a couple of others from TYC are making noises in that direction. The plan in general is to leave TYC in convoy on Saturday of that weekend and try to make it to Hamburg Cove on the Connecticut River. Preliminary info suggests that we would be battling the tide from TYC to Old Saybrook where we would enter the Connecticut River. Going as a group would probably go along way to insuring that the railroad bridge would go up for us when we approach. Usually it is hesitant to rise for just one craft, or at least that is my understanding. It doesn't run on schedule and so it is something like an ICW "open-on-request" bridge, except for the fact that it would rather open for more than one boat id feasible. Not having to hang around waiting for an opening would be helpful in reaching Hamburg Cove at a decent hour. There is a pretty good flow normally in the Connecticut River and it is currently still running high because of the rains from Irene and the following storms and this would make the trip up a slow slog as we can only move as fast as the slowest boat. I am hopeful that we will also be blessed with decent weather that weekend as well. Moving in crappy weather is always a drag. Though Fred and I can pretty much go anytime, the rest of fleet will be free-time dependent. working for a living does have its drawbacks!

I wish there was more to write but it is a grey day and I need the sun. Blah!