New Address for Breeze On

We had a lovely afternoon of sailing with cousins and friends, Steve and Barb.

They both took a turn at the helm and we were all impressed by non-sailor Barb's skills at the helm.

Steve would have preferred a lot more wind.

At the end of the day we turned into Cambridge Creek instead of the yacht club marina. We drove by our condo by water for the first time. We also went through the drawbridge for the first time. It wasn't as bad as I had imagined. When we were searching for condos with boat slips we avoided any that required taking the boat through a drawbridge. We didn't want to be limited by the schedule of the bridge. The Cambridge drawbridge opens on demand 24/7 with the exception of 12-1 pm Monday through Friday.

Approaching Drawbridge, photos taken by Steve

We made it, phew!

 

I have also heard the bridge tenders can be difficult. This bridge tender responded immediately. The opening of the bridge, though, was much more narrow than I thought it would be.

Steve and Barb helped us to get into our new (temporary, we hope) slip at the end of the creek. We were able to do it without any major incidents. The water is wide open in front of the slip so I should be safe from getting pinned against any more pilings!

The new marina is a bit rickety and not nearly as nice as the yacht club marina. Our hope is that we will become more skilled at docking with practice and eventually move back to the yacht club where we have the challenge of higher winds and pilings opposite our slip.

 

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