A foggy day … Tuesday 16th June 2015
We awoke this morning to almost dead calm conditions, fog
and alight drizzle. We went ashore for showers and then had banana pancakes for
breakfast ( roll on Jack Johnson). The 10.30am scenic tour on the Ruth was
cancelled because of an absence of customers and so I jumped in the dinghy and
took off with my camera to “West Point”, a harbor about a mile south of
Sebasco. It was a fun trip – beautiful location in foggy, atmospheric
conditions and I cruised around in the “Dumb Dog” for about an hour taking
pictures. Gloria spent the time on land
ironing pieces of fabric for a quilt that she is working on whilst on the boat.
As the day progressed the weather deteriorated and it rained most of the afternoon,
so we spent the time hanging out on board, working up photos and reading. This
evening we had Phil Ludee and his daughter Catie over for dinner. Phil works on
tug boats out of Philadelphia, but has been Captain of the “Ruth” for many
years and also ran sailing charters on the “Magic” until a couple of years ago.
This year his commitments down in Philadelphia have increased and so he is
happy to have someone else step in and take on some of the responsibility for
the “Ruth”. Phil has been a great help to us both this year and last. Catie is
in college, but at home over the summer and is working at a local restaurant “Anna’s”.
It was great to have them both come over. We ate shrimp and chicken scampi with
pasta, salad and damson crumble. Tomorrow we must be up early as we have a
sailing charter scheduled for 9am!
Mike
West Point - panorama looking northwards back towards Sebasco
The docks at West Point - the red roofed building is the dock where we bring the Ruth for fuel.
Boats of various sorts in the harbor
Looking south beyond the narrow and shallow channel off West Point
The bright colors of this red skiff stood out in the fog
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