Lew, Kevin and I had a Skipper's meeting at 6:30 to decide whether to leave this morning or wait until tomorrow. Strong afternoon headwinds were forecast, which would mean 5 foot seas, even though it was pretty benign at the moment. Motoring into them is not fun. We decided to go and stop at the Cleveland Yacht Club if the winds and seas built. Well, that's what happened, so we pulled into the CYC at about 11:30. We left Vermilion at 7:20. For the record, the starting mileage on our speedo is 9315 and the starting hours on the engine are 370. Today's trip from Vermilion to CYC was 28 miles. We put 4 hours on the engine hour meter.
We had a pleasant afternoon at CYC. We ended up in three different docks for various reasons, but were safely tied up when thunderstorms arrived. At 4:30 we did cocktails and grilled steaks in the picnic area. The boys stood in the rain and held their umbrellas over the charcoal fire to keep the rain from dousing the fire. Dinner was delicious. Lew made decaf coffee for us and we enjoyed Rosemary's cookies for desert. They were quite the hit - good job, Grouch!
Tomorrow we leave at 7:00 AM for Geneva or Ashtabula, which is 9 miles further than Geneva. Winds are forecast to be light SE turning to East. SE is good. East is not.
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