<div>Fred, you stole my thunder. You are dead right. Because of this
Board and your work Lenny we all have many new friends. Friends,
most of us have not met personally but true friends none the
less. Fred's & my example are but one of many more to come for
all of us.And now the rest of the story...To answer Fred's question first (why would a Morgan owner sail
with a Catalina owner?). Mike Yount and I have sailed together
for over 20 years. We look enough alike that some people even
accuse us of being brothers. Our answer when asked: "We are but
we had different parents." We usually try to do atleast one
major trip a year together and alternate boats (better known to
the wives as "Boys Night Out"). Helping Mike take the boat to
Solomans for the Catalina thing was just the excuse we needed. We had just spent 4 frustrating days getting to Norfork. We had
headwinds all the way, rain every day but one, "gremlin's" in the
electrical system, leaks all over the boat, Mike's boat has
weather helm from hell and armstrong power steering, most of our
meals were planned for the grill so we had been inventing new
dishes every day, and on the trip from Coinjock to Norfork we had
hit every bridge and lock as far out of sequence as possible.
Nothing had gone as planned and we were a day behind schedule.
Enter Fred and Am Morgenlicht.We had just dropped the anchor off Hospital Point when I look up
and see Am Morgenlicht reaching up river toward us. It was like
seeing a little peice of home and by now I was homesick for my
Morgan. I wonder what the odds are of the first boat you see
being a fellow Morgan owner? Fred could not have been more
gracious. He invited us to his home for a real meal. We had a
quite evening with his family. Fred, Mike and I both really
enjoyed meeting your wife and daughter. Please tell them hello
and thank them again for putting up with us on such short notice.We left Hospital Point at 6:00 the next morning headed for
Deltaville with rain and winds NE at 15 to 20. Which way are we
going North - on the nose again. We power tacked our way up the
bay and were at anchor by about 4:30 in Jackson Ck. What boat do
we follow into Deltaville but another Morgan 382. He did not
know about the association. I gave him the web site. We got up
the next morning. Took one look out the companion way and
decided a layday was inorder or as a friend of my is fond of
saying, "It appears to be a low lying drunk front to me". The
winds were 25 to 30 NE ( the damn weather pronostocator was still
predicting 10 to 15 - boy was he wrong). Now we are 2 days
behind schedule and running out of time. We left Deltaville the next morining headed for Solomans with the
winds, you guessed it, NE at 10 to 15. One hour out of
Deltaville the engine coughed twice and died. We put the boat
under sail and I went to work on the engine. We figured it was
probably a clogged fuel filter with the boat jumping around the
way NE in the Bay can make you do. It wasn't. It was a dead
fuel pump. We sailed Moonraker to within 1 mile of Soloman's and
then the wind went flat. Mike had just raised his Sea Tow
insurance so we gave up and gave them a call. This was the first
time we have been towed in in 20 years. We could have gotten in
with the help of the dink but we were both at our frustration
limit. We installed a new fuel pump the next day, put the boat back in
order, our wives arrived and we commenced to party down. The
Sail-in was a lot of fun even if it was Catalina people. Mike
and his wife are now in the process of sailing the boat back to
Washington, NC.Again, let me say thank you to you and your family Fred for your
hospitality and to you Lenny for the oportuity to make so many
new friends. Fairwinds & Rum Drinks,Vic CopelanPS - If any of you make the Pamlico River look me up. It would
be my pleasure to help Fred continue the tradition.
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Board and your work Lenny we all have many new friends. Friends,
most of us have not met personally but true friends none the
less. Fred's & my example are but one of many more to come for
all of us.And now the rest of the story...To answer Fred's question first (why would a Morgan owner sail
with a Catalina owner?). Mike Yount and I have sailed together
for over 20 years. We look enough alike that some people even
accuse us of being brothers. Our answer when asked: "We are but
we had different parents." We usually try to do atleast one
major trip a year together and alternate boats (better known to
the wives as "Boys Night Out"). Helping Mike take the boat to
Solomans for the Catalina thing was just the excuse we needed. We had just spent 4 frustrating days getting to Norfork. We had
headwinds all the way, rain every day but one, "gremlin's" in the
electrical system, leaks all over the boat, Mike's boat has
weather helm from hell and armstrong power steering, most of our
meals were planned for the grill so we had been inventing new
dishes every day, and on the trip from Coinjock to Norfork we had
hit every bridge and lock as far out of sequence as possible.
Nothing had gone as planned and we were a day behind schedule.
Enter Fred and Am Morgenlicht.We had just dropped the anchor off Hospital Point when I look up
and see Am Morgenlicht reaching up river toward us. It was like
seeing a little peice of home and by now I was homesick for my
Morgan. I wonder what the odds are of the first boat you see
being a fellow Morgan owner? Fred could not have been more
gracious. He invited us to his home for a real meal. We had a
quite evening with his family. Fred, Mike and I both really
enjoyed meeting your wife and daughter. Please tell them hello
and thank them again for putting up with us on such short notice.We left Hospital Point at 6:00 the next morning headed for
Deltaville with rain and winds NE at 15 to 20. Which way are we
going North - on the nose again. We power tacked our way up the
bay and were at anchor by about 4:30 in Jackson Ck. What boat do
we follow into Deltaville but another Morgan 382. He did not
know about the association. I gave him the web site. We got up
the next morning. Took one look out the companion way and
decided a layday was inorder or as a friend of my is fond of
saying, "It appears to be a low lying drunk front to me". The
winds were 25 to 30 NE ( the damn weather pronostocator was still
predicting 10 to 15 - boy was he wrong). Now we are 2 days
behind schedule and running out of time. We left Deltaville the next morining headed for Solomans with the
winds, you guessed it, NE at 10 to 15. One hour out of
Deltaville the engine coughed twice and died. We put the boat
under sail and I went to work on the engine. We figured it was
probably a clogged fuel filter with the boat jumping around the
way NE in the Bay can make you do. It wasn't. It was a dead
fuel pump. We sailed Moonraker to within 1 mile of Soloman's and
then the wind went flat. Mike had just raised his Sea Tow
insurance so we gave up and gave them a call. This was the first
time we have been towed in in 20 years. We could have gotten in
with the help of the dink but we were both at our frustration
limit. We installed a new fuel pump the next day, put the boat back in
order, our wives arrived and we commenced to party down. The
Sail-in was a lot of fun even if it was Catalina people. Mike
and his wife are now in the process of sailing the boat back to
Washington, NC.Again, let me say thank you to you and your family Fred for your
hospitality and to you Lenny for the oportuity to make so many
new friends. Fairwinds & Rum Drinks,Vic CopelanPS - If any of you make the Pamlico River look me up. It would
be my pleasure to help Fred continue the tradition.
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