Fairlee Creek

Friday 10-2-089

It was interesting to see the Mystic Whaler coming into our marina. 

Baggy wrinkles and all.

Baltimore harbor was busy as we left this morning.

I thought maybe this boat was unloading dental supplies  ("open wide".)  But as we passed it, we could see it was loaded with semi truck cabs, and a school bus. 

As we were going out the river, we heard a call to the Coast Guard on the VHF radio.  The man said in a very calm voice that he was on a 48' motor boat, and that they had hit an object in the water and the boat was now taking on water. 

CG:  How much water is in the boat?

He replied 12" deep.

CG: How many people on the boat?

Two people, one dog

CG: GPS location?

He gave his Lon & lat

CG: Still taking on water?

It's about 16" deep now

CG: We have rescue assets on the way

(This whole time, the man on the sinking boat was talking as if it were a normal conversation about the weather--never a note of panic in his voice)

The CG broadcasted a warning to mariners in the area regarding the sinking boat.

The man on the boat said he was going to go into the closest marina.  The CG phoned the marina and told them to make ready.

We heard later that the boat made it into the marina, and they were able to keep it afloat.

I think we were more excited listening to the event than the people (and dog) it was happening to.

Glad it ended well.

We had a sloppy crossing over to Fairlee Creek, but once inside the creek, we were protected from the wind.  Mother (Grey) Goose dropped her anchor first, and Tonic and Hawkeye came alongside to raft up. 

As I began getting our grill ready to cook dinner, Lita from Hawkeye started passing over "appetizers".  First some fruit bread, then delicious fried spring rolls, then some shrimp chips, garlic peanuts, chicken on potato rolls, followed by watermelon, and on and on.  Needless to say, our grill didn't get used tonight.  Those rather ordinary pork chops can wait until tomorrow to be consumed.  Thanks Lita.

 

We sat in the cockpits watching eagles until dark.