Three Writes and a Wrong

Stretched out on the trampoline of our 44-foot cat, listening to the crescendo and decrescendo of the water sloshing past the hull; we’re reaching along at a relaxed 7 knots beneath a warm sky dotted with a flock of lamb-like clouds.

Although the equinox was a full week ago, and today is the last day of September, we have been clinging to summer. But here, beneath a sky foretelling of rain, with temps forecast to dip into the 40s (40s!) we can no longer deny the arrival of Fall. The days are shorter and night chill - and the bay deserted. All but the working boats are tucked away ... save for a lonely sloop beating toward us from the opposite, and Captain Wadey Murphy taking a few lingering tourists on his skipjack for a bay tour.

The infamous Bobbie G (Grieser) and I – along with a smorgasbord of friends and family popping on and off at various ports of call – are enjoying this autumn cruise through the Eastern Shore; we are joined at this juncture by other journalists Susan Colby and Peter Baker , which has earned our trip the moniker “three writes and a wrong” ...

Look for the story next Spring in SAILING.

9-30-11 Cambridge, Md.

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