Sailing in the Chesapeake and Beyond

Vessel Name: Haleakula
Vessel Make/Model: C&C 35 MKIII k/cb Hull #46
Hailing Port: Whitehall Creek, Annapolis, Maryland
Crew: Donna and Dave
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Extra: Haleakula logs 2500-3000 nm per year. Her cruises include the Long Island Sound, Newport, Block Island, Long Island Forks and the whole Chesapeake to its mouth.
10 September 2018 | Goldsboro Creek off Tred Avon and Choptank near Oxford , Md
29 April 2013
12 March 2013 | MYC
01 March 2013 | Rock Creek, MD
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10 September 2018 | Goldsboro Creek off Tred Avon and Choptank near Oxford , Md

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29 April 2013

Spring on the Chesapeake

What a gorgeous weekend. Temps both days in the mid to upper 60s during the day 49 at night.

17 April 2013

Eagles Nest Horse Farm- Magothy River

Had a great sail last weekend down the Bay to the Magothy River again. The Magothy has so many nice anchorages and places to gunkhole all by itself. Winds gusting to 30 out of the west gave us the perfect beam reach. Temps low 60 so we were buttoned up with wind pants, layers and layers. I enjoy sailing [...]

10 April 2013

First anchorage of the season

So we put the small 120 on the furler and headed out of the slip Saturday for our first anchorage of the season. Air temps were 54 degrees, water temp 48 degrees and winds light at 10-12. Was a 3 hot chocolate day with peppermint schnapps. Beautiful shakedown sail out the Patapsco down the Chesapeake [...]

25 March 2013

OK what the hell happened to spring

So Saturday we really start our boating season. Head down to the MYC where Haleakula has rested quietly in the water all winter for our first overnight of the season, though in the slip. We are cleaning and putting things back in the boat we took home in the late fall. Stocking water, wiping down surfaces, [...]

12 March 2013 | MYC

Fired up the Iron Genny

De winterized, replaced the impeller on Haleakula partially and fired up the trusty Yanmar 30GMF on Sunday and she took immediately. Thanked g'd and then kissed Haleakula/ Always a ggod sign. Took down the cushions which Donna had redone over the winter and the new dark blue fabric looks great against [...]

Fired up the Iron Genny

12 March 2013 | MYC
52 degrees
De winterized, replaced the impeller on Haleakula partially and fired up the trusty Yanmar 30GMF on Sunday and she took immediately. Thanked g'd and then kissed Haleakula/ Always a ggod sign. Took down the cushions which Donna had redone over the winter and the new dark blue fabric looks great against the teak interior.

Turned on the new stereo and tested all the elctronics. Radar, Chartplotter, all the ST60s, Glomar Antannae, Flat Screen all worked flawlessly. Was going to pull the canvas cover off, but there is still a ice/ snow/ rain day in the furture so I thought the better of it.

Next Friday we will start our weekends on Haleakula as we are planning on staying on in the slip. We have some cleaning to do. I like to inventory all the cabinets, cubbyholes and spares. Saturday night is a St Patricks Days Party at the club so we can roll down the dock to our berths afterwards.

Sunday is our traditional Slip Pick Day/ Burning of the Socks Day/ First Sail fleet meeting. We usually see a lot of our friends from the club who have been hunkered down all winter.

This year we are lucky that one of our sailing friends Shawn (T37chef), Irene, and their two beautiful girls have joined MYC with their Tartan 37 Windgeist.. The room to rum around and the pool will be great for the kids and Irene and the commradiere will be good as we get along so well together. He being a chef and me a former one gives us things other than sailing to talk about. We are excited to have them there.

Our cruising plans include our annual trip from the Chesapeake down the Delaware River to Cape May, up the Jersey Coast visiting Barnegat, Atlantic Highlands. Then into the Long Island Sound with stops this year at Port Jefferson, Mattituk, Greenport, Block Island, Stonington, Mystic and Northport before headed south again to home. We really look forward to these 3 weeks every year.

Our Sailnet friends Bryan and Sharon on Spindrift will be going as far as NYC with us this year. Should be fun as we love rafting with them during the summer. They may be cruising south before we are as they have some big exciting plans

This year we have vowed to take a week and go south on the Chesapeake in the fall when the leaves are turning. Looks like anopther 3,000 NM year for us.

Donnas experience is growing each year, so when it comes time to retire and cruise down the ICW to Florida and the Bahamas she will be ready. her confidence grows every year in handling the boat.
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