Ill take the kids back to Cuttyhunk this summer for a week and enroll them in the morning dingy sailing school...please post if you are interested in joining us..we will afternoon fun sail and beach time as appropriate...also shoot up to Woods Hole if the weather is nasty and take in the musuem and MBL. Picture from last year
Ill post up some dates in late April early May once summer schedules start getting nailed down.Im thinking late June Early JUly right now.
Kids or no-kid boats are welcome to join of course...mornings I will be hanging on anchor while the kids sail the pond with instructors of course.
Kids and I will be at Cuttyhunk two weeks this summer, subject to confirmation from the Cuttyhunk YC...hope to see some of you Cape Codders down there sometime. Will make side trips to Woods Hole, MV, Nantucket, and possibly Barnstable Harbor depending on weather etc.
We will spend weekdays on Cuttyhunk pond with the girls in sailing school in the mornings, and beaching in the afternoons
Mornings are occupied by sailing school for the girls, so we will be on the pond in the mornings, afternoons and evenings free.
Starting each week on the Sunday and leaving on Friday or Saturday, depending on when the Admiral can come down from work....which is paying for all this btw.
We are on our third day, but the first day Ive managed to turn my computer on since Saturday
Only one scare so far, but it was a doozy....Ill write it up in the Main Board as it is worthy of a separate post...basically I woke up at 3am to find a foot of water in the boat (rear of sole completely filled!!!)
Very interesting run of emotions to experience and one really good take home lesson that got us safely out.....
Kids cant decide what they like more - sailing school or beach...we will just have to do both every day I guess..
Girls and I headed for the Cape on/about Aug 10 for a 7 day cruise including sailing school - Boston area sailors let me know if you want to try and raft up.
Catigale has
New batteries
Two auto bilge pumps plus two manual ones for the 'stringers'
Water tank under port berth instead of loose water bottles
New Igloo cooler fits under starboard table seat
All stuff except for the clothing bag stows in lockers or out of site
Hope to have hank on jib (extra forestay) mod done for the trip too.
I'm going to Cuttyhunk this weekend to meet up with the NE-TS group. I'll be following KayakDan across from Westport / Horseneck Beach and am looking for advice / tips for navigating the waters around Horseneck and anchoring in CH Pond. Thanks.
K9 - send me an email and I can fill you in with charts and stuff
1 You have to be really careful approaching CH from the South through the Canapitset Channel - with a SW wind you can easily get 6 foot rollers in a channel that is only 10 feet deep...lots of rocks to get knackered on.
2 The entry channel into the pond is narrow but fine for a Mac
3 Take a hard right as soon as you enter the pond (split the can and the nun ) - there is a good Mac anchorage on the NE corner of the pond which at MLLW is about 4-5 feet deep.
4 Its a fairly long row into the dinghy dock from there - a small outboard on a tender is useful.
Ill send you the beach map with the public beaches marked.
Catigale wrote:
1 You have to be really careful approaching CH from the South through the Canapitset Channel - with a SW wind you can easily get 6 foot rollers in a channel that is only 10 feet deep...lots of rocks to get knackered on.
4 Its a fairly long row into the dinghy dock from there - a small outboard on a tender is useful.
From Westport ,we will approach from the North,and avoid the channel.
I have a Brig ,with a 2hp Honda to buzz around in.
We'll be late arrivals,so all we have to do when we get in the pond is head towards all the Macs!
Thanks Cat - I've read that about the Canapitsit channel. I've also read about some cautions at the mouth of the river at Westport Point in a south wind, which is this weekend (NOAA).
Dan - Got your email. I've got a chart and Maptech's navigation guide. Am looking for stuff not in the books...
