Fleet #25 Oct cruise w pics

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Topic author: Ben - FL
Subject: Fleet #25 Oct cruise w pics
Posted on: 11/02/2006 14:54:37
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Ahoy All,
Our local fleet #25 here in NE Fla. had their "Any Way The Wind Blows" cruise for October last Saturday & Sunday.
I took Chick-a-pea out Friday getting underway at 2100 hoping to get the hook down before a severe weather front hit us at 2230 out of the West. NOAA forecast winds at 25 to 30 kts. and if I did not get out of my slip it would be a nightmare. So I did get hunkered down on the weather shore about five miles away and rode the storm out. Although it was quite windy I did not get sucked up in a tornado as predicted. It did give me an opportunity to catch up on Lucky Jack Aubrey in Patrick O'brien's novel <u>Post Captain</u> while I rode out the storm.
Saturday I did a lot of fix'n on the boat as I watched the Naval Air Show and the Blue Angels fly overhead. It was late in the afternoon before I made contact with anyone in the fleet. There were about 500 boats in the vicinity of the air show. And at one point some fiberglass idiot was broacasting rock & roll over VHF ch 72.

So just before the Sun set I got rafted up along side Mustang Sally with John and Laura, Abey, Clair & Elly. On the other side was Pretty Penny II with Jerry & Holly. Holly is the one with the long snout. Later in the evening Blue Bell with Larry and his granddaughter (sorry I don't remember her name)made it back to the raft-up. We all had a good evening cooking, eating and sharing stories. It was still pretty windy but eventually the wind clocked around to the N. and eased off a bit.

Sunday morning was hot coffee and a leisurely breakfast as we dropped off Daylight Savings Time. I think it was about 1030 we split up and headed back as more of the air show was going on above.

I for one had a great time.


<font color="red"><b>AIRPLANES


Blue Angels



Blue Angels again



Another sailor



John ties me up to the raft



Jerry has started dinner!



Jerry and Holly, our fleet mascot



John gets in one last cleaning before the water is too cold.



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