Thanks to Bernie Fritts our boat now has an "official" new name and look! Orion is now a Federally documented vessel and has a home port of Virginia Beach, VA. Orion is currently at the Atlantic Yacht Basin in Chesapeake VA. getting new bottom paint and a few maintenance items completed. To those of you not aware, we had a series of setbacks to our return date that culminated in Sarah falling and breaking her back. She is on the mend and we anticipate being back on Orion in late February. Yea! When we return we will be brining two new crew members; Dewey our veteran boat cat and newbie Madison our chocolate lab. We are both very excited with the prospects of having our little family all back together.
Mentor OH
Left Erie before first light to get out onto the lake before wind and waves picked up and the plan was to travel about 30 miles to Geneva State Park Marina and be tied up by noon. Well, the best laid plans often don't pan out.... Geneva State Park had no openings for boats, so I started working my way along the coastline and looking for dockage. None to be had in Fairport and finally found 2 spots (for Al and us) in Mentor Ohio and the Mentor Harbor Yacht Club. What started out as a 5 hour trip quickly turned into a 10 hour slog and we were exhausted by the time we arrived here. Instead of dodging crab pots, we had to dodge fishing nets! Unbelievable! I kept the binoculars and Tom zigged and zagged the boat when we spotted them. By the time we got here the wind had shifted to behind us and we were rocking and rolling pretty good. The harbor entrance was narrow and had huge swells, so it was a bit like surfing for a couple of minutes there. I didn't ha...
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