Annapolis

We arrived about 10:30 this morning at Len's house in Annapolis. Our
spouses are here to greet us, and we aren enjoying a nice long lunch
and a drink or two. This has been an excellent adventure! Thanks to
all of you who have followed our voyage. Ask us for a sea story the
next time you see us.

Chesapeake Beach

Indian Summer presently has Chesapeake Beach abeam, and is sailing at 5 knots. It is a pleasant morning on the Bay. Your author just enjoyed his first hot shower since Bermuda, making this a doubly pleasant day. We look forward to sighting Thomas Point, and making our approach to Annapolis, later this morning.

Patuxent

We are motoring through the night, just off the Patuxent River now.
There are a lot of sailboats heading south, probably the Annapolis to
Bermuda race fleet. All is quiet now that they are past.

Heading North

We have finished refueling and we have repaired our jib halyard. We
are now heading north, motorsailing our way to Annapolis.

Little Creek

We just entered the Bay through the Bridge-Tunnel. We are going to
Little Creek for fuel, and to retrieve our jib halyard from the top of
the mast. On our approach we were passed by a submarine and a
helicopter carrier. Indian Summer is pleased to be back in her home
waters.

Chesapeake

We have sighted Chesapeake Lighthouse, the marker for our entrance to
the Chesapeake. We are sailing at 7 knots, enjoying a sunny morning.

One last time

Hello all bloggers!

 

Tonight we could hear each other pretty well.  One thing I know for sure is that Emerson has converted the crew and me into SSB believers.  I was the most dubious but I am thrilled to have made contact with the crew when they are as far as 600 miles off shore!

 

So, here is the report from the crew on Indian Summer. All is well with the crew.  They had a beautiful night's sail with winds from the SW at 10-15 knots.  Early in the morning something happened and they lost a ring or pin or something (could not hear what) that held the Jib at the top of the mast.  They had to strike the jib and do not have use of it until they can get some help in Norfolk.  They are motor sailing until then.  They are about 110 miles away from Norfolk. Their Lat. is 36 N and Long.73 W.  Their plan, as it stands now, is that they will stop in Norfolk Friday sometime to see if they can fix the jib and then continue.  They do not plan to spend the night as was discussed earlier.  Emerson talked about some rough seas as they entered the jet stream but nothing Indian Summer couldn't handle.

 

Tomorrow they will be within cell phone range so this is my last contact via SSB.  Emerson described their nightly contact with me like boys around a camp fire. They gather and wait.  It is wonderful how the simplest of things entertain, when you are in the middle of the deep blue sea.

 

Thanks for reading

Suzan

success

Greetings Family and Friends,

 

Tonight I was able to make contact with Indian Summer.  I could hear Emerson and he could here me.  So here is the scoop.  They are currently 34degrees N and 71 degrees W.  They are approximately at the half way point. If all goes according to plan, they will enter the Bay on Friday afternoon.  They reported that they will arrive back at Indian Summer's slip sometime on Saturday.  All is going very well except they are motoring.  Emerson said that a very large cruise ship passed pretty close to them so the guys decided to call them on the radio to find out their destination.  It turns out they were returning from Bermuda and heading home to Baltimore.  These kind of events are very exciting when you are out in the ocean without any visual stimulation for days!  I guess that exchange gave them lots to talk about.  That is about all from Indian Summer tonight.  I will make one more attempt on Thursday night so stay tuned.

 

Suzan

 

PS Denise, could you please contact Dale if you are monitoring the blog? 703- 615-1091