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19 March 2008 | George Town
Mike
March 17...
A front came through this morning and the wind picked up to about 15 knots. It increased all day and will continue until late Wednesday. I really isn't a huge problem except that we have to be prepared to get wet every time we go ashore.
We hoisted our Irish Flag in honor of St. Patricks Day and made a great breakfast of hash browns and eggs.
Before we left Michigan, Dan gave us a large Dansforth anchor which I had never used until today. We had our normal 45 Delta set on 120 feet of 3/8s chain. Because we were going ashore to check our the sand sclupter competition, I took Dan's anchor out in the dinghy about 10 yards further that the Delta and gently laid in on the bottom to serve as a safety.
We went into volleyball beach around noon and after checking things out I brought Kathy back to the boat to do some work while I returned for a bridge game.
We I got back later in the afternoon I made an ice run to St Francis and then we went over to visit Steve and Carol for awhile before dinner.
During the evening we watched a movie and listened to the wind blow at 25 to 30.
March 16th
Dear Sam and Erin...
Today we killed time until about 1pm and then went to shore at the Chat and Chill for the Golf and Bridge tourney awards. We sat around for a while under the trees and then I was asked to play bridge while your mother sat in the shade with Night Hawk, Restless and Star Shadow;.
After a while we went to St. Francis for a beer and ice and then to Kris and Craig's for snacks and drinks. We came home just after sunset in calm winds. It is going to blow about 20 knots for the next three days from the north so we may be stuck here... reading again.
It was 90 most of the time and is still 82 at 9pm...
We miss you guys.
Mom and Dad
March 15th
My main goal for the day was to fill our empty propane tank and to fill two gerry cans of fuel. The propane truck comes to a spot across the street from Eddie's Edgewater at 11 am on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Unfortunately, as I was loading up the dinghy for the trip, Eddie's called to say that the truck wasn't coming today. I still made the trip picking up some fuel and taking a garbage bag to the dumpster.
The rest of the day was non-eventful. I worked at clearing the decks and tying down all the gerry cans. We read books and later grilled some burgers for supper .
It sounds like the Sugarbush is in full swing at home. It is the only activity that I've missed so far on this trip.