September 5 - 11 -- First Week Back - Living Aboard

It is always good to be back and there are always a lot of things to do: car needed inspection, shopping. banking, paying bills, propane refill, haircut, etc. Our nephew, Mendy, spent three nights aboard with us including one of the two day-sails during the period, together with Christine and Heather. The wind was strong on a cool grey drizzly afternoon and when we came near to close hauled, with just the small jib and main, we were heeled considerably. Lene pointed out that we were not in cruising mode -- that we had no destination to make before nightfall. Could we please respect the cats wishes by reducing the heeling?
Aye Aye, Admiral!
So we furled the headsail and tacked back and forth across the mouth of  Eastchester Bay with the wind near the beam for the rest of our two hours before regaining the mooring for the noshing. I really appreciated Mendy's prodigious upper body strength. My crew performed a very nicely done controlled jibe.
The other sail during this week was on the first day we got back, on Mark's Deuce of Hearts, a very comfortable catamaran. I reserved ILENE form the service of the Old Salts until we get the cats moved back ashore. In addition to Mark and I, we had three couples and Claire. Our Club's secretary, Doug, hosted Karen, a social member, and two of her girl friends on his
Cape Dory 28, "Aquila". They joined us after for the digestibles. My problem with these events is that I eat too much; dinner - forget about it!
Some of the nights aboard have been hot and humid. others rainy, windy and or foggy.
The rest of the time this week: a visit to our apartment to get "city clothing", an matinee on Broadway, a day's trip to Kent, CT, to visit our friend Fran, a meeting on the upper east side of my Book Group, religious high holiday services, and a huge family dinner at cousin Judy's in New Jersey.
Back in August, at Frenchboro, Maine, we met up with and had blueberry pancakes with liveaboards Rick, Claudia and their son Dylan, but I failed to capture them photographically. But they are now at the Harlem so my error was correctable before they head south soon.

See ya next week!