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Just back from a sailing trip. A few photos. "Warning Photo Heavy" (Original Post) Bonhomme Richard Jun 2013 OP
Very nice! Where did you go? CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2013 #1
We were on the Chesapeake Bay. Bonhomme Richard Jun 2013 #2
Or is it the warmer, rising Bay per all seas and oceans? n/t liam_laddie Jun 2013 #15
It is a bit of both. Bonhomme Richard Jun 2013 #18
I was born in Baltimore Mr.Bill Jun 2013 #16
We keep the boat near Baltimore just off the Patapsco River. n/t Bonhomme Richard Jun 2013 #19
My family is from Middle River. Mr.Bill Jun 2013 #21
I love the sea! Awesome pics!! Cooley Hurd Jun 2013 #3
*sigh* Although this looks Callalily Jun 2013 #5
Um... Cooley Hurd Jun 2013 #6
Not so funny. marble falls Jun 2013 #7
No one was killed... Cooley Hurd Jun 2013 #8
I've been around too many boats to find that funny. The guy thrown about 15ft into the drink.... marble falls Jun 2013 #9
I've been around boats as well... all my life. Witnessed a fatality - my own father. Cooley Hurd Jun 2013 #10
Fabulous photos with Callalily Jun 2013 #4
I love the scooter kid and the osprey nest. Looks like a great excursion. uppityperson Jun 2013 #11
Great shots! Solly Mack Jun 2013 #12
The pic of the kids is my favorite. Bonhomme Richard Jun 2013 #13
A different picture of guys fishing by the freighter. Bonhomme Richard Jun 2013 #14
oh man - hubby and i are working towards a Nauticat 44 CarrieLynne Jun 2013 #17
Cool Go for it. Bonhomme Richard Jun 2013 #20
lol not like were gonna buy it new rofl CarrieLynne Jun 2013 #22
Wow ! Very nice.... jaysunb Jun 2013 #24
The next time you go out and want to, ahem, take me along justiceischeap Jun 2013 #23
Nice! Blue_In_AK Jul 2013 #25
memories, I used to sail with the Annapolis sailing school because it was a cheap weeks vacation hollysmom Jul 2013 #26
The bay is nice because you can pull... Bonhomme Richard Jul 2013 #27
The one of the kids playing is great! harmonicon Jul 2013 #28

Bonhomme Richard

(8,991 posts)
2. We were on the Chesapeake Bay.
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 09:29 AM
Jun 2013

We stopped for overnights in coves and island towns. I found Tangier Island the most memorable. It is an old crabbing community of about 700 whose island is slowly sinking into the bay.

Bonhomme Richard

(8,991 posts)
18. It is a bit of both.
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 07:13 PM
Jun 2013

Tangier Island has been sinking for years and climate change isn't helping a bit.
It's a strange place. I saw a guy with a ninja motorcycle (why it was on the island is beyond me) riding with a 3 year old (my guess) in his lap and a woman riding a bicycle with a 4 or so year old girl riding in the basket. It really is like going back in time. The graves all stick out above ground and some of the homes get water under them at high tide. They are trying to convince the politicians to spend money to save the island but I think most feel it's a lost cause and a waste of money. It is also a very conservative/religious place so there is some irony that they want taxpayers to save them.

Mr.Bill

(24,031 posts)
16. I was born in Baltimore
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 05:28 PM
Jun 2013

and even though I moved from there 50 years ago as a child, I could still tell the location from the pictures. Thanks for sharing them and making me homesick.

Mr.Bill

(24,031 posts)
21. My family is from Middle River.
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 07:22 PM
Jun 2013

We left there (after 100 years) in 1957. I still like to visit there, and even though I've lived in California for over 50 years, I have a Baltimore accent about 30 minutes after I get off the plane there.

Callalily

(14,879 posts)
5. *sigh* Although this looks
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 10:34 AM
Jun 2013

funny...I don't really find it funny at all.

My apologies for putting as damper on your humor, but you apparently have not been in a boating crisis.

marble falls

(56,029 posts)
9. I've been around too many boats to find that funny. The guy thrown about 15ft into the drink....
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 10:48 AM
Jun 2013

would probably agree with me, that anchor missed him by about as far as he was thrown from the tug.

 

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
10. I've been around boats as well... all my life. Witnessed a fatality - my own father.
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 10:56 AM
Jun 2013

Again... lighten up, Francis.

Bonhomme Richard

(8,991 posts)
13. The pic of the kids is my favorite.
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 01:10 PM
Jun 2013

The only way to get around the island is by golf cart and these kids were chasing after us as we drove away. I love the joy on their faces.

CarrieLynne

(497 posts)
17. oh man - hubby and i are working towards a Nauticat 44
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 07:08 PM
Jun 2013

so we can go sail the south pacific

ty for posting - cool pics!!

CarrieLynne

(497 posts)
22. lol not like were gonna buy it new rofl
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 08:37 PM
Jun 2013

were hoping to get a late 80's model for 100k - 150k or so....live on it while we pay it off then go!

we been eyeballin this one for a while now
http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1980/Siltala-Yachts---Nauticat-44-2433780/Seattle---Our-Dock/WA/United-States

lil expensive but...we've gone and looked at it twice and just cant get it outta our minds lol

someday....

justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)
23. The next time you go out and want to, ahem, take me along
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 10:46 PM
Jun 2013

and over to Fort Carroll... I was out at Ft. Armistead today gazing longingly at Ft. Carroll wishing I had access to a boat and repelling/climbing gear.

Lovely photos, BTW. I especially like #5. Those kids look like they're having so much fun.

hollysmom

(5,946 posts)
26. memories, I used to sail with the Annapolis sailing school because it was a cheap weeks vacation
Mon Jul 1, 2013, 03:35 AM
Jul 2013

It was one thing my husband and I loved to do together. Although he would hog all the shade while I would have to apply tons of SPF. So many great stops and so relaxing, not rocky like sailing Long Island and Massacheusetts, power boat bullies like in The Barneget or Florida.
And the crab dinners - yum.

Bonhomme Richard

(8,991 posts)
27. The bay is nice because you can pull...
Mon Jul 1, 2013, 07:12 AM
Jul 2013

into a cove or town. If you get down near Crisfield the dock rates are cheap. Only $.50 per foot and the marina is nice which is run by the MD Dept of Natural Resources. Usually the rates are $1.50/ft or more for a slip.
I must say that I always find shade the most elusive thing on a hot sunny day. The only downside is that after a hot day sailing jumping into the water full of nettles isn't very appetizing.

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