Photos by Linda Ubelacker
The crews of Big E Nuf, Narsilion, Mosella, Silent Running and Windependent gathered in Worton Creek on Saturday afternoon. The festivities started at 1600 hours on Silent Running. Each crew brought a Mexican dish to share, all of them were excellent.
There were some issues with drinks being spilled in the cockpit of Silent Running, but fortunately, Kathleen “Sponge” Schmidt was there to soak up the liquid with her pants. Special thanks to Tom Schmidt for providing ferry service to and from the party.
The raft broke up after dinner due
to the predicted high winds. This turned out to be a good
idea as the winds were in the mid-twenties starting around
midnight, with gusts into the mid-thirties from the north.
Around 3:00 in the morning two of the boats’ anchors
dragged and needed to reset them
.
The sail back to our
marinas started with
dredging channels
out of Worton with our keels. The winds from the north
over night had blown the water out of the bay and lowered
the water level in the creek significantly. Once out of the anchorage, we rigged our storm sails and sailed comfortably
back to our home marinas. Silent Running was making 6
knots with just half of the jib rolled out.
It was another enjoyable weekend on the Bay, sharing the time with friends from NSHSA!