I managed to squeeze a 4-day sailing adventure into busy-busy July. Chalk that one up in the quality of life column!
It’s been a spectacular sailing season on Lake Champlain, and this latest junket was no exception. Decompression time. Mostly moderate winds (with a big-ish northerly on my homecoming leg from Plattsburgh to Essex). I slept like a baby. I ate and drank and exercised and swan and wrote and edited and caught up on podcasts and caught up on boat maintenance and caught up with friends and even helped prep a public mural in Downtown Plattsburgh.
And I returned home revitalized and ready for the next round of houseguests.
Special thanks to Amy Guglielmo (Twitter), Brian Giebel (Twitter), Burlington Community Boathouse Marina (website), Plattsburgh Boat Basin (website), North Country Food Co-op (website), Naked Turtle (website), Irises Cafe & Wine Bar (website), and Outside Art: Plattsburgh Public Art Project (Facebook).
Souvenirs
Scrapbook souvenirs (and maybe-future-useful items like the Plattsburgh Boat Basin dock diagram) from my July 2018 Solo Sail-about.
“Sailing takes me away to where I've always heard it could be. Just a dream and the wind to carry me. And soon I will be free.”
— Christopher Cross (Album: Sailing 1979) #sailing pic.twitter.com/Hz2dla8e6L
— virtualDavis (@virtualDavis) July 13, 2018
My sky view this morning… #Sailing #LakeChamplain pic.twitter.com/53chsx7THr
— Sailing Errant (@SailingErrant) July 16, 2018
It was a downwind kind of day… Wing on wing! #sailing #LakeChamplain pic.twitter.com/mJpMhXDR4m
— Sailing Errant (@SailingErrant) July 16, 2018
After three days on #LakeChamplain sailabout, it’s tough to contemplate going home tomorrow… #sailing #vagabond pic.twitter.com/TrQ8qWfPy3
— virtualDavis (@virtualDavis) July 18, 2018
Homeward bound to @EssexNY tomorrow with surfing seas and a following breeze. And did I mention bluebird skies? One could do worse… #sailing #LakeChamplain pic.twitter.com/9rcW2vutnn
— Sailing Errant (@SailingErrant) July 18, 2018
If you’re planning to hole up at the Plattsburgh Boat Basin anytime soon, you may find their dock plan useful. (Note: always double check dock plans since reconfiguration/changes are possible.)
And another interesting relic from my stay at PBB, this temporary permit is apparently provided to all transients. I asked where to post it and was told that having it aboard was sufficient.
