last sail

Last night was probably my last sail of the season on the nice Cal 20, /Martha C./ It's supposed to rain today and tomorrow and I'll be gone this weekend. Haul-out is next week, depending on what days the weather lets me get the mast down and the boat hauled. So I took a couple photos to memorialize the occasion. First is /Martha C/ herself, as dusk falls, and next is the faithful dinghy, doing its best Boston Whaler imitation (I liked the old-style Whaler combo of turquoise and varnished mahogany). Chris Campbell

Our best sailing season is just about to start here on the Chesapeake, c'mon down! Paul From: Chris Campbell <cc… [at] lsnm.org> To: Cal_Boats <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thu, Sep 13, 2012 4:36 pm Subject: [Cal_Boats] last sail [2 Attachments] [Attachment(s) from Chris Campbell included below] Last night was probably my last sail of the season on the nice Cal 20, Martha C. It's supposed to rain today and tomorrow and I'll be gone this weekend. Haul-out is next week, depending on what days the weather lets me get the mast down and the boat hauled. So I took a couple photos to memorialize the occasion. First is Martha C herself, as dusk falls, and next is the faithful dinghy, doing its best Boston Whaler imitation (I liked the old-style Whaler combo of turquoise and varnished mahogany). Chris Campbell

On 9/13/2012 4:51 PM, pw… [at] aol.com wrote: > > > Our best sailing season is just about to start here on the Chesapeake, > c'mon down! My other boat is still in the water. She's in a marina and is protected, and she gets sailed on weekends in the daytime. Ol' Cal 20 #1220 gets sailed after work during the week mostly, and the daylight hours are dwindling. The real concern is the fall storms. If she were moored in a well protected location, I'd leave her in until freeze-up! I've mostly accepted the fact that the seasons are going to change whether I approve or not, and whether I'm happy about it or not, so I get a bit less melancholy than I used to. But shortly I'll start getting all those ads for Christmas cards showing sailboats moored in a snowy cove with a wreath and lighted cabin, suggesting somebody enjoying a meal below with friends after a nice sail around the harbor. No, it's not real life, but it does make me wish I'd left the boat in! Chris Campbell >