2010-10-03 – The Cleckner Kids Weekend Aboard Magnolia

On Saturday we had the opportunity to have Annette’s brother-in-law (The sisters call all us brothers-in-law, “outlaws”) and her two nephews for an afternoon sail. Bob and the boys, Noah and Jake, seemed to thoroughly enjoyed themselves.  Aeolus (Greek Mythology God of the Winds) brought us a nice breeze so we were able to share the simple pleasure of traveling with the winds.

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On Sunday we had the pleasure of Annette’s sister Trish and niece Laura and her “friend” Anthony.  Aeolus was not so kind to us on Sunday. We had “plenty-o” wind to the point where we would be stretching our experience level just a bit too much. None the less we had a nice lunch on board and Magnolia’s enclosure provided a nice respite from the elements.

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Before departing for the weekend Annette did the final fitting of her dinghy cover for Blossom. After much work she declared the project complete at which time I mentioned how the binnacle cover needed some work… 🙂

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2010-10-01 – Rain + Winds + Tide = Lots Of Water On the Dock

The picture below was taken last evening about 2200 as winds from the west combined with a high tide nearly covers the dock. The dock was eventually covered ut I was back onboard. I wanted to make sure I could jump back up and not fall in. Did have one boat break its mooring ball and end up on the shore. A neighbor and I dropped the “dink” in the water and pulled her off before the tide went back out. Would have ended up laying on her side on shore….not good!

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This picture was taken 18 hours after the previous. This is what things “should” look like. Have all the Cleckner Kids coming out for a sail this weekend. Shaping up to the a great weekend! Be Safe, all is well aboard Magnolia!

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