Summer Daze

1 August 2015

Sunny, 90F

HW 0918 1.6m

LW 1453 -0.2m

Sunset 2000

Winds SW 16-20 knots

Seas S/SW 2-4 feet, 5-6 seconds

The Admiral and I took a short trip over to Long Beach, tossed the hook, and sat there for six or seven hours, relaxing aboard, reading, and swimming.  It was our last day together this summer, as I depart for a three-week stint as training crew aboard a tall ship in Delaware.  Really nice way to spend our final day.

When we finally headed back, around 7:00pm, a big-ass powerboat came up the Wareham River, ignoring all speed regulations and throwing up a very large wake.  There were two small Boston Whalers anchored off the end of Long Beach fishing: one with an old guy and his two dogs, the other a guy with his kids.  So when "It Ain't Easy" blasted by, nearly swamping them, I gave him the one-finger salute.  "He thought you were waving at him," the Admiral laughed as Biggious Dickious blew by waving back at us.  It took Mr. Small Brain a minute or two to figure things out.  I watched over the stern as he continued up river for about a quarter mile, then suddenly threw his helm over without slowing, and came racing full throttle down the river after us.  "See what you started?" she said.  I took out the phone and video taped him as he came barreling down upon us.  He swerved to port when he was about fifteen feet astern of us, blew ahead about fifty yards, then swung around for another pass.  This is is what we refer to locally in MA as a "Masshole."  I reached for the radio, but the Admiral countermanded my action and ordered me to go straight home.  She is my better half, for sure.

It Ain't Easy to be a decent person considerate of others.....

I'm off August 3-23 to crew on the Kalmar Nyckel: a 46-meter (300 ton) replica of a seventeenth-century Dutch pinnace.  I have always had a great fondness for tall ships, and this opportunity is like a dream-come-true.  The Admiral was fully supportive.  Maybe she needs a break from me?