An early season strong Northerly brought wind, rain, rising water, and a Gale on Sunday. Most got out friday in excellent conditions, a few sailed saturday in the rain and increasing wind. On sunday, none ventured out in gale conditions.
My thanks to Joe Anderson, Larry Miller, and Tom Lewis for sharing some of their photos.
Date(s): Oct 17,18,19 2008. Album by Brad Thayer. 1 - 86 of 86 Total. 1165 Visits.
1 Cedar Island - North End, looking out on Pamlico Sound.
2 View from campsite looking out to Cedar Island point
3 Weds and Thurs - Larry Miller and I sailed pre Gathering in warm temps and light breezes
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5 Larry's rig on a nice sandy landing at Hog Island
6 Brad's Seda at anchor. The plow style 5 lb Manson Supreme has great holding power. (it better!)
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8 Larry
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10 Oops! John's bent mast
11 Campsite is coming alive as people are beginning to arrive thurs night and friday
12 Friday - most got out for a great day of sailing in 12-18 MPH winds
13 Elliot and Rachel's EasyRider
14 Joe's Grumman canoe
15 Mark Balogh testing a sail in his Freefall kayak
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18 Tom's Grumman Canoe
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21 John's Clipper canoe
22 Sam's Sealution
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24 Lois's Necky
25 Robin's square sterned canoe with 4 bollards for stabilizers
26 Joe and Sally's Mohawk canoe
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28 Peter's Klepper AE2
29 Al's Mallard kayak
30 Sammy viewed through dispersed droplets my amas create
31 Debbie's Phoenix Savage
32 Brad's Seda Amigo
33 Reefed to 75 sq ft in 12-18 MPH winds. The Three Amigos exceeded 12 that day.
34 My 10 ft inflatable amas kicking up spray
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36 Sammy's Folbot Aleut
37 Larry's Phoenix Cascade river kayak
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41 Heading back to the campsite after great sailing friday afternoon
42 Saturday brought rain and higher winds (20-25)
43 Joe and Tom (he looks dangerous!)
44 Sally braving the rain
45 Dawn getting a push from Larry
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48 Dave and Larry enjoying the rain
49 Reefed to 20 sq. ft.
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51 Larry and Larry with fully reefed sails
52 Here comes the Rubber "Man"
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54 Peter packing it in
55 Sunday - Gale force winds stirring up Pamlico Sound. Click ORIGINAL to view it's fury
56 High Water Level
57 Even the birds are lying low
58 So windy it blew Larry's beard off!
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60 Ed's dual leeboards. Star pattern is made with birdshot encased in epoxy to weight down the board
61 We were watching the waterlevel closely
62 Catamaraned EasyRider Eskimo 17's
63 Torqeedo electric motor
64 Frank, Ed (Canoe Sailing Magazine), Camille, and Floyd
65 Joe's ketch with Boss Rig X 2
66 Nice!
67 Ray's roller furling jib
68 Ann and Tim enjoying the comforts of their travel trailer
69 Donald, lifelong resident, is a wealth of Cedar Island history
70 Ray's Current Design Sirus
71 Monday, Dave and I raced our ships to Hog Islands. These used to be connected
72 Dave - on a run to Cedar Island Bay, wing and wing
73 We met up with Joe and Sally
74 Dave's Necky Tofino sailing in Back Bay
75 Filters
76 Sally and Brad
77 Inching back in dying wind and light
78 Tues - Joe, Sally, and I had a beautiful day for our last sail
79 Joe's Chesapeake 17 in it's single configuration
80 Brad's "Yellow Submarine" Necky Kyook
81 Sally's CLC Patuxent
82 Driftwood Motel - Wed I caught the ferry for the long trip home
83 Leaving the terminal on a 2 hr 20 min. cruise to Ocracoke Island
