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Before I moved Chip Ahoy to another
slip, I motored Chip Mate around to the dinghy dock to get it out of the
way. It looks like it's making
new friends. Now I've got to remember to retrieve it before my
departure. (Aug. 7, 2009) |
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The assistant harbormasters moved their work boat someplace else and
gave me the empty slip, alongside their two rescue/utility boats. It was
an even shorter walk up to the office and town. |
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A view of Chip Ahoy's new slip for the night. |
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Opening Heritage Day Weekend on Friday evening were
Matt Brown, lead singer and
guitarist, and Adam Culbert, percussion, along with young Billy Russell
and Tyler Lewis, playing 70s Rock above the town dock in the pavilion.
Matt and Adam tutor youngsters who want to become musicians. Though not
officially a band, these guys were excellent. |
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A view of the band, pavilion, and docks beneath -- one of
the shots I took after climbing up atop a nearby and unattended concessions trailer. |
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The moonrise over Scituate Harbor, one night after full.
Last night's full eclipse was not visible due to cloud cover, which
almost obscured tonight's as well. Chip Ahoy is docked just below and to
the left of the moon, the second-tallest mast in this photo. (Aug.
7, 2009) |
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This morning (Saturday) I departed the Scituate town
docks at 8:30 heading home. Outside the breakwater the sea was running
2-3 feet, wind from the NW at about 8-10 mph. I was making decent way
for a while heading as high as I could, but soon I had to head too high
into a slackening wind,
furled the genoa but left up the luffing main waiting for the wind to
change from the south as forecast for late morning. That's the
Boston skyline on the horizon. (Aug. 8, 2009) |
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With the sea rippling in wide swatches I could see the
wind change coming. I expected the NW breeze to back to the south . . . |
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But instead, it gradually turned northerly, the slowly
easterly . . . |
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Until it became easterly and stopped clocking. A
southerly wind, as forecast, never arrived -- but easterly was real
welcome, even better. |
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I unfurled the genoa and sailed smartly on toward
Marblehead, still some 8 miles ahead. The wind remained a steady
easterly at about 10 mph for the remainder of the trip. |
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Heading toward Marblehead Channel. The twin stacks of the
Salem power plant are visible on the left side of the horizon in this
shot. They can be seen from as far away as Cohasset, across the Boston
Harbor shipping channel. |
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Another regatta greeted me as Chip Ahoy approached
Marblehead Rock and Marblehead Channel beyond. |
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Almost home, in Marblehead Channel approaching Salem
Sound and its familiar power plant stacks. (Aug. 8, 2009) |
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See Chip Ahoy's complete log of the cruise
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