Up the mast we go.......

While in Langford Creek Jim had to go up the mast to fix a windex and I had to go up to get the deck light working.  Jim cheated as he has steps leading all the way up!  Addendum:  I made Jim winch me up the mast.......

While going under the Bay Bridge we had to make sure we stayed out of the channel.  This little guy had room at the mark!!

A first sail on the Chesapeake for 2011

It is trying to stop raining but we finally had to go for a little sail to make sure GH was all back together in a proper manner.  So, along with Kismet we decided to head up Mills Creek for a night and then head over to the Chester River to get away from the crowd.

It is the first time we saw Kantler's Restaurant from the water.  Pretty cool joint.....

Will it ever stop raining in Annapolis???????!!!!!!

Jason said they have something like 250% of the normal rainfall right now and it is suppose to rain most of the weekend yet again.

So...........we are hanging out with Evan and stand and look at GH sitting on her trailer.

We should be able to get her in the water early next week.  Kismet wants to take a walkabout before the Boat Show.

Time to hit the road.........

Grey Hound is clean again and back in the driveway.  Today we went to the "Center for Play" with Teagan.  A whole complex set only for playing.  Now that is right up our ally!!

And you want what when???

Mr Potato Head I presume???!!!

Next stop......Annapolis, MD.  Time to harass Evan.........and get back in the water!!!!!!

Back in Honeoye Falls.....

Goodbye Clayton, goodbye 1,000 Islands and hopefully goodbye cold snow!

A few days playing with Teagan and cleaning up GH and we'll be heading south.  Grey Hound is plenty dirty and has spiders everywhere so the work is set up for the week.

More action coming soon,..............

Cruising with Dream Chaser....

Right after our week on Binnacle, Marty & Kathy, on board Dream Chaser, F-24, mk2 and Grey Hound took a little sail around the 1,000 Islands, the whole time being chased by wind and rain.  We tried our best to hide and we mainly had cool weather and enough wind to keep us busy.

Day one was to Mulcaster Island where we had a nice anchorage for the night and good steak dinner on board Grey Hound, thank you Dream Chaser........until the rain sent us to bed.  Then it was off to Kingston for hot showers, good food at the Brew Pub.  Confederation Basin was almost empty.  Only us and a little m/v named ZIGGY!

We had to ask......and sure enough, when we were sailing around Key Biscayne last winter these guys were on the radio a number of times hailing various marinas and clubs!!  We're betting we will find them again at Annapolis later this fall.  They are so lucky to have GH and a neighbor!!

Nice sails on Dream Chaser!

Confederation Basin

From Kingston we decided to head back to Clayton and Dream Chaser slid up on her trailer and headed to Butler and WBUT Radio!!

A couple of more shots

Fun in the pool!!

Cool Hand Luke??!!

The mighty ship Grey Feather

Some pictures of Binnacle Island

Binnacle's own pirate!!

More trouble coming our way!!

Another gourmet dinner!

Watch out for those teeth Jason!

Binnacle 2011 - Another Success!

What looked like a bleak week weather wise actually didn't turn out too bad.  We had some good winds from Irene but all the boats were well secure and no problems occurred.

By Monday the people started coming and once again we invented new ways to raft the boats off the docks.  Teagan and Evan had lots of fun (Evan told me so Amy & Jason) and I do believe Teagan would like to be on vacation all the time!

Pictures will follow when we have a good connection.......

Thanks everyone for coming!!!!!!!

Not too bad, huh???!!

Let the party begin!!!!

We have started to get more folks show up at the Island.  Yesterday Amy, Jason, Evan (for his first Binnacle trip) and the Chief showed up.  The parking is getting a little tighter but somehow we'll figure out what will work the best.

BINNACLE ISLAND 2011

Yesterday we pulled up to Binnacle for a week of fun in the sun.......well, not yet as Hurricane Irene is going up the coast and we will get a bunch of rain and wind today.

As of this moment we have:
- Teagan
- Bob
- Steph
- Jackson
- Marty
- Kathy
- Anne
- The most interesting man

Stand by for pictures and further updates as we progress through the week!

Plenty of other life also.....

On top of the most bugs we have EVER seen there have also been some nice views of some our animal friends....Eagles, ospreys, minks (not sure if it was Marty's mink), loons and deer have been around.  

The little black snakes at Thurso we could do without but first I have to research what the darn things were....

And then there were more...................

From Simcoe Island we did our first sail to Waupoos and yep......we found some "Cheese heads" from Wisconsin!  Good ole "Buddy" motored around the point and right into the anchorage.  These guys launched from Picton a couple of days prior and some friends there.  From there we eventually met up with them again by Mulcaster Island just in time for another t-storm.  Unknowingly, we sent them down river right into Pirates Weekend at A-Bay!!  Hope they survived....

While at Mulcaster we also met up with our good old friend Les on Cadenzza II.  Anne's shortbread is still something to savor!!  I can't forget Les's soda bread either.  I wasn't able to steal the new loaf in the cockpit.......

Holy Cow!! Where did all the people come from?

The last couple of weeks have been a whirlwind of moving from anchorage to anchorage and seeing many friends that have made it to the "river" this year.  First Tim and Marie christened their new boat, "He Macaria" at Clayton.  They then took it down to Oneida Lake for some local sailing.

Tom & Sue came up for a long weekend and we rendezvoused with "Tenacious".  On one of the days the wind came up enough to do a circuit of the islands around Grindstone Island.  All hands were on deck for the sunny sail.

Then, yes Jim, we found the Northern Frontier "monitor of all things" and he resides on Otium!!!  The picture has found him wandering to all the boat at our Simcoe Island anchorage.  The legend lives on in the north!!!