Phil's Back and Settling In at GRYC

Phil got back Friday morning at 9am after driving all night from Marion, Mass.  He dropped off Captain Dave and his son, Michael David, just past Buffalo, NY - had breakfast at Bob Evans (knew he was desperate to eat there) and then made it home.  Unfortunately, his cell phone had died after talking to me (I didn't do it!) and he's in the process of getting a new one.  Hopefully, it will be delivered tomorrow at his sister's house.  Please call Lorraine cell phone if you need to reach him in the next few days.

Phil's sister's Kathleen and Virginia along with his nieces, Megan and Beth, came to visit us today at the yacht club and we went sailing to try and beat the heat and humidity.  At 10am it was 86F according to the thermometer on our table - in the shade.  Felt like 90+.  this is Virginia and Katie - see how there were minimal waves?
The winds were SW 10 - 12 knots, then died to about 9 knots when we came back to Fairport Harbor.  Here is a picture of most of us.  Beth, Megan and my daughter, Katie, hanging on the fender we attached to the stern of Changes.  It was so hot that - drum roll please - I went swimming!  Here is the photo to prove it !

The water was comfortable and it felt good to cool down.  Above I'm with Megan and Beth Jaworski, our nieces.  Below is the girls, Megan, Beth, and Katie.

This is Megan and Kathleen Jaworski looking beautiful.

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Then we came back to the dock and had some beet, kidney bean and couscous salad, hotdog, italian sausage and chocolate cake for dessert.  We had a good time and are now trying to decide whether to go see the Fairport Fireworks in the dinghy or not go at all.  First a shower is in order.

Phil has left Burmuda

Sunday, June 27
Weather: raining (Thurderstorm warning) and 83F, 76%humidity, Dew Point 75.
Worse of thunderstorm going south of Grand River, OH

Phil called me from Burmuda about 1pm (2pm his time) They were getting ready to leave about an hour after his call. He got down there ok, is doing ok, and has the starboard berth with a lee cloth, so is happy that he got the same berth as last year. Captain Dave and his son will share the aft cabin and the rest is divided between the remaining 2 crew members. The watch scheduled is 2 hours on and 6 hours off, the crew is experienced, so this will be more cushy then other transports that he has done. That's good. I hope he can get a chance to relax and destress a little.

Because they are returning from the Newport to Burmuda race, there is a web sight (Burmudarace.com) that we can use to track where they are. You can track them to by clicking on their boat name Attitude. If this link doesn't work click on Burmudarace.com and click on Race Tracking - the link is in red on the left of the web page. Then click on "Track yachts returning from Burmuda" and then select Attitude as the boat. It's great because it tells how fast they are traveling and the coordinates of where they are and there is a link to see it on Google Maps. We used this last year and I really liked being able to tell this information! Phil is expecting that they will get to Cape Cod by Thursday and home on Friday for July 4th weekend if everything goes well.. The weather is the best they've had in a number of years, so that's good too. I have that Monday off, so we'll see if we can cruise to Ashtabula or not. If we can, will be the only long weekend before we leave.

Katie and I went to the Chardon Home for the last time. Lee Booth and Jack Pavlesich said that I should go back and get the 501 Singer sewing machine (Lee & Jack are trying to get me in trouble, inside joke) air tank and the few items in the workshop that I wanted to keep. We then went to Kay's house and put the wooden chairs in the loft area and the rest in the horse stall. I also took some of the food stored there and have it in the horizontal dock box. Katie and I went to Walmart to pick up the 2 crates I needed (thanks for reminding me Katie) and we got lunch there also. While we were inside Walmart - there was a heavy rain storm - could really hear it on the roof. Lucky for us, it was sunny when we had to go outside again.

George and Pat are back from their cruise - too bad they weren't able to eat at Molly and OJ's as there was a family wedding, so it was closed. We had a nice time chatting with them after their return.

With the rain that came, GRYC has emptied out - only the live-aboards and Lee and Betty Booth remain and they are staying the night tonight as it's closer for where she works in the summer. I'll be going to get my shower soon and then start cooking supper. We got some black rice (Forbidden Rice from China) that Katie's interested in having, boneless chicken thighs and some corn on the cob we got from a roadside stand. I also got 2 med zucchini squash and some new baby red skin potatoes that we can grill/cook for supper tomorrow.