This was my Spring commissioning trip and therefore not particularly exciting blog material. The closest I got to actually sailing was motoring the boat about 300 yards to the fuel dock only to find that the office had closed! I did get the sails up, continued my work on the reefing system which I actually think I might be able to finish on the next trip. I bought a collapsable bicycle, got it put together, and tooled around the marina for a bit. Add to that a bunch of little items on my commissioning checklist and you've got a pretty full weekend.
On Saturday night, I met old friends from work, John & Faye, at his boyhood home in Lottsburg (which he's rennovating) for a drink. They then came back to the boat for my grand tour followed by dinner at the Driftwood, which John tells me the locals still call "Ruth's" - named for the former owner and mother of the current owners.
Sunday night I'd planned to cook a real meal on my own, but friends Ron & Vicky from down the dock had cooked a pot roast (on a Coleman camp stove, no less!) and offered to share. The smell was too good to turn down, and the taste was even better.
The really poorly taken picture at left was shot one night as I relaxed on deck. I tried to capture a sense of all the stars that were visible that night. It looks more like snow than stars but still gets the point across - I hope!
My next trip (mid-May sometime) will involve sailing out & back from Cole's Point one last time before I leave there for good in June. (see earlier posts on Urbanna)
