My 10 day Maine cruise starts this morning as soon as my guests arrive and,
hey look, the visibility is improving!

http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Improving.jpg

For those of you landbound and reduced to posting exaggerated accounts of
improbable cruises under false names, I'll post my SPOT tracking page so
that you can vicariously enjoy my travels via Google Earth. With this kind
of visibility, you may see more of Maine than I do

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/f...mdBduHqRUv Ak

Last I spoke to Skip and Lydia, they were planning to head south again
tomorrow after seeing about as much of Maine as in the picture.

Signing off until my return.

--
Roger Long

"Roger Long" wrote in message
...
My 10 day Maine cruise starts this morning as soon as my guests arrive
and, hey look, the visibility is improving!

http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Improving.jpg

For those of you landbound and reduced to posting exaggerated accounts of
improbable cruises under false names, I'll post my SPOT tracking page so
that you can vicariously enjoy my travels via Google Earth. With this
kind of visibility, you may see more of Maine than I do

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/f...mdBduHqRUv Ak

Last I spoke to Skip and Lydia, they were planning to head south again
tomorrow after seeing about as much of Maine as in the picture.

Signing off until my return.

--
Roger Long

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Captain ... watch out for "ledges"..

To show how bad the weather, and boat business is :: a marina I spoke with
yesterday had lowered their
mooring use fee by 1/3 .. unheard of.. marina's lowering the cost?

The same marina told me that most of their customers are taking the boats
out by Labor Day,,, the reason is;
they can't afford to use them.

So.. for Captain Roger... nice quiet anchorages!

Looks like some normal weather over the next few days..

"Thomas, Spring Point Light" wrote

Captain ... watch out for "ledges"..

I've hit just two since 1970 so I'm cautiously optimistic about getting
through the next ten days unscathed. Thanks for the thought.

Should be better weather by next week.

--
Roger Long

On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:03:05 -0400, "Roger Long"
wrote:

My 10 day Maine cruise starts this morning as soon as my guests arrive and,
hey look, the visibility is improving!

http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Improving.jpg

Have a good trip!


For those of you landbound and reduced to posting exaggerated accounts of
improbable cruises under false names, I'll post my SPOT tracking page so
that you can vicariously enjoy my travels via Google Earth. With this kind
of visibility, you may see more of Maine than I do

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/f...mdBduHqRUv Ak

Last I spoke to Skip and Lydia, they were planning to head south again
tomorrow after seeing about as much of Maine as in the picture.

That boy is a constant worry..


Signing off until my return.

On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:03:05 -0400, "Roger Long"
wrote:

My 10 day Maine cruise starts this morning as soon as my guests arrive and,
hey look, the visibility is improving!

http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Improving.jpg


Wife and I are headed out in a couple hours for 2 or 3 days of
easydoesit. Probably a night in the Thimble Islands tonight, and maybe
Mattituck Inlet, or Port Jeff before we return on Sunday.

On Aug 14, 1:23*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:03:05 -0400, "Roger Long"

wrote:
My 10 day Maine cruise starts this morning as soon as my guests arrive and,
hey look, the visibility is improving!

http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Improving.jpg

Wife and I are headed out in a couple hours for 2 or 3 days of
easydoesit. Probably a night in the Thimble Islands tonight, and maybe
Mattituck Inlet, or Port Jeff before we return on Sunday.

Hey you're obviously cruising in my next of the woods. I have ridden
the jetski
from here on the north shore of L.I. to check out the Thimble Islands
a few times, very pretty. In Port Jeff there is a great circluar
cove just east of the inlet, behind what's called Mt. Misery, it's a
huge circular boating/party hangout. If you walk up the huge bluff at
the northeast corner of the cove, well, that's Mt. Misery, from the
top there's an awesome view of what feels like the whole Long Island
Sound and of the cove itself. Even if you just walk up the smaller
bluffs on the north edge of the cove there are nice views, and on the
other side of those, a beautiful empty beach on the Sound.

richforman
up the smaller

On 2008-08-14 08:03:05 -0400, "Roger Long" said:

My 10 day Maine cruise starts this morning as soon as my guests arrive and,
hey look, the visibility is improving!

http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Improving.jpg

OMG, that's an IMPROVEMENT?

Last I spoke to Skip and Lydia, they were planning to head south again
tomorrow after seeing about as much of Maine as in the picture.

Well, the Chesapeake has been offering far better vistas all this
season, with a few squalls at times, but not as bad as has been in past
seasons. This season has had quite a few very localized storms, fewer
fronts.

They know where I "live". I hope they will contact me for a
personalized cruising guide to the Upper Chesapeake. It's got some
absolutely great spots that they haven't yet touched.

Truth be told, though we're based in the upper Bay, they didn't hit
some of our favorites in the lower Bay in their rush.

The Chesapeake deserves a few months' concerted effort to explore. It'd
take us about 6 months to revisit all our favorite past locations, and
a month or so more to visit the places we were interested in, but were
too far off of our chosen path.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

On Aug 14, 8:03 am, "Roger Long" wrote:
My 10 day Maine cruise starts this morning as soon as my guests arrive and,
hey look, the visibility is improving!

http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Improving.jpg

For those of you landbound and reduced to posting exaggerated accounts of
improbable cruises under false names, I'll post my SPOT tracking page so
that you can vicariously enjoy my travels via Google Earth. With this kind
of visibility, you may see more of Maine than I do

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/f...glId=08qZUtzjB...

Last I spoke to Skip and Lydia, they were planning to head south again
tomorrow after seeing about as much of Maine as in the picture.

Signing off until my return.

--
Roger Long

Err heading out on Friday at high tide from my silted in home port of
Mt Vernon, also known as Websters Cove, on the Wicomico R. Heading for
Baltimore, just like the old steam boat days. The wind should be from
the S-SW and the jenniker might see some play. No traking jizmo's.
Single handing a 40' Van de Stadt ketch.
Tom, Irishsailorman

On 2008-08-15 00:23:48 -0400, "
said:

heading out on Friday at high tide from my silted in home port of
Mt Vernon, also known as Websters Cove, on the Wicomico R. Heading for
Baltimore, just like the old steam boat days. The wind should be from
the S-SW and the jenniker might see some play. No traking jizmo's.
Single handing a 40' Van de Stadt ketch.
Tom, Irishsailorman

Look for Xan reversing your course in a bit over a week from now. We
should be heading towards Sandy Point near/on the Wicomico for Labor
Day weekend.

Note that it's a naturist rendezvous, so people might not be wearing
much as you approach.

But clothing is optional; nudity isn't required.

The Chesapeake Flotilla of the Nautical Naturists is a particularly
accepting group of naturists.

If you are in the northern Bay that weekend, there's another rendezvous
at Still Pond.

In either case, call out on 77 for the Chesapeake Flotilla and we'll
guide you in.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:22:16 -0700 (PDT), richforman
wrote:

On Aug 14, 1:23*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:03:05 -0400, "Roger Long"

wrote:
My 10 day Maine cruise starts this morning as soon as my guests arrive and,
hey look, the visibility is improving!

http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Improving.jpg

Wife and I are headed out in a couple hours for 2 or 3 days of
easydoesit. Probably a night in the Thimble Islands tonight, and maybe
Mattituck Inlet, or Port Jeff before we return on Sunday.

Hey you're obviously cruising in my next of the woods. I have ridden
the jetski
from here on the north shore of L.I. to check out the Thimble Islands
a few times, very pretty. In Port Jeff there is a great circluar
cove just east of the inlet, behind what's called Mt. Misery, it's a
huge circular boating/party hangout. If you walk up the huge bluff at
the northeast corner of the cove, well, that's Mt. Misery, from the
top there's an awesome view of what feels like the whole Long Island
Sound and of the cove itself. Even if you just walk up the smaller
bluffs on the north edge of the cove there are nice views, and on the
other side of those, a beautiful empty beach on the Sound.

richforman
up the smaller

Yup. Been all over Port Jeff many, many times. There's another nice
anchorage west of that one. It leads to Conscience Bay, and a smaller
fork leads to (of course), Little Bay. The bays are shallow, but the
anchorages outside them have plenty of water. The small one is pretty
narrow, however...