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Oscar
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Initially Posted - 11/23/2003 : 10:14:12

Captains log....November 23rd...2003

As I awake in my comfortable sleeping bag in the aft berth, I hear a noisy squadron of Canadian geese overhead. I look up through the hatch just in time to see them flying over in a perfect formation, heading South. I reach over to the thermometer and find that the electric heater has been able to maintain a temperature of 64 degrees overnight. Not bad, as the mercury outside came close to the thirties. Yesterday's daytime temperature reached into the sixties. The blue skies overhead suggest a repeat performance. There is a sense of urgency though. Like yesterday, today could be the last nice day, before the winter weather takes it's turn at the helm.
My first instinct is to cast off and follow the geese. Then I realise the brutal reality of the fact that Lady Kay, our Catalina 250 WB, is on her trailer, attached to a tractor and parked in our driveway outside the garage.
As reported earlier, first mate Alexandra (11) and I have been spending quality time after dinner on board with tea and a book. Every time she has asked "Can we sleep out here?" To which I replied that it was a school night, and we would have to do that on a weekend. Finally, this was the weekend where my work schedule cooperated. So, last night we took sleeping bags, and reading material, and made our nests in our respective ends of the cabin. I left the garage door open, and the drill press made a perfect night light, for a possible trip to the bathroom "ashore".
This morning I made tea and oatmeal, and read in the cruising guide for North Carolina's coastal waters about Hatteras, and Ocracoke, and Wilmington and Beaufort. About the important role this area has played since the early days of the settlement of this counrtry. About sailing the Pamlico sound with no land in sight, but possibly no more than a few feet of water below the keel.
It will be Thanksgiving this week. I have a few days off afterward, and the kids don't go back to school untill the next Monday. Maybe the weather gods will have mercy on my landlocked soul.......

Oscar
250WB#618 Lady Kay on the Chesapeake

Lady Kay IV, Dragonfly 25 # 54 Former C30#618-C250WB#618-C42#76

Edited by - Oscar on 11/23/2003 10:16:12

Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 11/23/2003 : 22:07:34

Great story from a good father! Have you read <i>Beautiful Swimmers</i> or <i>An Island Out of Time</i>--two great books on the Chesapeake? (I'll bet you have.) Hope you get another nice day on that wonderful body of water.

BTW, next time, put something like this on the General Forum--we all need it!

Edited by - Dave Bristle on 11/23/2003 22:12:21

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