Mother’s Day Raft @ Queenstown Creek

Our Mother’s Day raft (May 12-13) was attended by three boats: Adventure Bound, Aquila, and Windsprint. The boats gathered in Queenstown Creek around 3 pm. All the Mothers aboard (Sue on Aquila and Maria on Windsprint were greeted with roses courtesy of Adventure Bound. The entrance to Queenstown Creek is tricky at best and with the “Green “5” channel marker missing it was difficult for our Captains to follow the channel into Queenstown Creek. All boats touched slightly both going in and coming out but nothing too serious. That just goes to show you how good our NSHSA Captains are at navigating or how good their chart plotters are. I think maybe the latter. Our raft was built under an Eagles nest and participants were treated to the watching the comings and goings of a Bald Eagle. Happy hour and a nice group dinner followed and several bottles of wine were consumed as all relaxed and enjoyed their weekend. The crews slept in with the raft breaking up late in the morning. Rumor has it that the husbands treated the Mothers aboard by making them breakfast. Sunday afternoon gave us a nice wind from the NW and we ended up in a tacking duel to get out of the Chester River and into the Bay to make our way home.