Family Time
Saturday August 1st – We left Fair Harbor Marina at 8:03am to make the very short run (2.24nm) around Stretch Island and into Pirates Cove where we anchored the boat in view from the cabin. The tide cycle today is huge (17’ change) and we had to get into the beach by 9:30am or we would be stuck on our anchored boat while the reunion took place without us.
At 9:45am we hopped in the dinghy with all of our stuff for the day. There would be no way to get back to the boat until the tide was up again at about 4:30 so we had to be sure and have everything we needed. We were a little late so I had to raise the motor, jump out of the dinghy and pull it by hand through the draining inlet.
We all had a great time with family – eating, drinking, swimming, cooking clams and crab, kids running around all over, and best of all seeing family we don’t get to see all that much. Thank you to everyone who put a lot of work into a successful fun day! Especially John and Toodie who open up their cabin to everyone – it’s a lot of work for them and we appreciate it.
Skylar slept in a tent on land while Julie, Ava and I dinghied in the night back to our boat for some much needed sleep.
Trip Log – 33.65nm
