Scott Gaston's great sailing adventure
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From: sgastondesign@yahoo.com Ahoy! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I hope every one had an enjoyable holiday, because now it is back to work. (HaHaHa). This is a group emailing. I have chosen to include you because I felt you would be interested in our voyage (or you do not have a choice). If you would not like to receive updates from s/v "Rusty Rudder" please let me know and I will take you off the list. I know you landlubbers have very little time in your hectic lives. This should be a semi-regular update about our trip. I am not sure what regular means at this time. We have a wireless card on the laptop so we have to be near a router to get a signal. Thank you, Holiday Inn. |
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I am aboard s/v "Rusty Rudder." The owners, Kevin Monaghan and Theresa McNeill have hired me to crew aboard their Tatoosh 42 auxiliary sailing vessel to help them out and "teach them the ropes." The boat is in route to the Caribbean. I have one months time to spend aboard. I need to be back to Delaware in February to attend the Charter Captains Class to receive a Master Captain License. |
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The ship has clean lines on the outside and is teaked-out on the in. I have the aft stateroom to myself. We share a single head and separate shower. The galley has corian counter tops and we have many electrical devices and gadgets. The ships name will be changed to "Revelator" as soon as the temperature is warm enough for the new decal to stick. I have not abandon ship at this time, she was just renamed. I will be including attachments to these updates. Most will be JPG-format images. However, I will be sending GDB files. These can only be read with charting software such as Garmin's MapSource. I am using digital charts, GPS, and chart plotters in addition to hard charts (paper)and the compass. No, I have not mastered the sextant, yet. |
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So we began... We left Annapolis, MD on Tuesday January 4, 2005. The temperature was cool. It was hazy and the wind was N. 8-10 kts. We motor sailed under the Genoa. Made 7-8 kts. Arrived in Solomons Island, MD that evening. Quite a contrast from the summer. During the summer there was hardly a place to tie-up or anchor. Today we are the only boat in the anchorage. The fog has been heavy since yesterday due to the warm air blowing in from the South. Visibility is less than 1/2 a mile. We attempted to get out yesterday but we turned back at the mouth of the Patuxent River because we could not see anything. Not good on waters traveled on by supertankers. Does not look like we will be able to get out today either. If anyone is near Solomons Island please stop by. We are at N 38*20.259', W 076*27.610'. |
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Well, as long as the Holiday Inn is around, feel free to write back. There is not much to do today. Scott Gaston, crew |
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