| the Chesapeake Bay
Wayfarer Cruise 2008 Thursday 29 May: Tangier & Watts Island - 6 photos by Gary & Jeremy Hirsch and Uncle Al |
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| Near the west end of the
Tangier
Island main channel: Hmmm. I do believe that this would be
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| ... frowned upon where I live. ... |
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| Nearly "home". We have
entered
the main channel. ... |
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| No good deed goes
unpunished:
Dick came in via the east end of the channel. As he neared
the marina,
a motor boat approached. Nice guy that he is, Dick hugged the far side to make life as easy as possible for said boat. So naturally, Dick ... ... |
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| ... ran aground and got
hung up
on the pilings. Even that would have been easily overcome,
if Dick had
had ... ... |
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| ... a crew available to
fend off
and back the jib while Dick steered. Still, Dick untangled
himself and Blue Mist in fairly short order, and in doing so, certainly earned himself a richly deserved beer!! ... |
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| Meanwhile, Gary and Jeremy,
with
four hands available, bring Solje
to her dock without ... ... |
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| ... incident. Soon we were
all
assembled at Hilda's
for
supper, whereupon we dawdled back down towards the boats for another lazy evening. ... |
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| A young lady zipped into
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| ... Spanky's for an ice
cream. No curb
service here, though!! ... |
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| This reminds me of growing
up on
Toronto's Algonquin Island where we kids would hang out at
the
Algonquin Island bridge most days. ... |
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| Here the young ladies have
gathered in front of the supermarket for ... ... |
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| ... a little Double Dutch. ... |
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| No chicken-shit skipping
ropes
here! We're talking genuine mooring lines, folks!! Hope no
one's boat
is adrift!!! ... |
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Milton, one of the
disappearing
breed of Watermen, was again happy to give Hans and me a
ride from the
marina to Hilda's - a ride that featured a complete,
narrated tour of
the Island which Hans and I appreciated very much. But
afterwards,
Milton - as you can clearly see - was even happier
to have the
lovely Mary in his souped up Tangier Island hot rod.
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| Thursday's sunset as seen
from
the marina - click here for full-size pic ......... |
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