Marblehead

Marblehead and the Boston Yacht Club are BEAUTIFUL!!!

What a view from the covered deck were we had lunch:

Love these panoramic shots!

After lunch we boarded one a three BYC tenders:

To find MacIntosh having a ball:

We took a while to load our gear and stow it below.  We took the delivery main off the boom and hoisted the brand new Kevlar main that Dirk had built.  Dirk's friend John from PEI had sailed MacIntosh down, and had someone drive down to pickup John and all our extra sails/gear.

Left to Right on the tailgate of John's ride home:

• Kris
• Dirk
• Kevin
• Michael
• Bart
• John

This is photo that was posted on Facebook when MacIntosh arrived in Marblehead on July 4th:

This was kewl:

We had dinner at the club (along with Happy Hour).  Dirk's brother John came in the Detroit in the late afternoon.  Sitting at our table was Gary, who campains a 12M wooden racing yacht called Valiant.

Four of us went for a tour of old Marblehead.  It was KEWL walking through clapboard houses that were built in the 18th century!   We made dinner reservations for Saturday night at John's favourite restaurant called the Landing.  We ran in to Gary by the restaurant, and he took us on a tour of USA24.

UNBELIVABLE!!!
Immaculate inside and out!

• built in 1970 (last wooden one)
• 85 ft long
• 85 ft tall mast
• boom had to be 40ft  long
• takes a crew of 18 to run her

What an experience!  Thanks Gary!

We then headed to Maddie's Sail Loft for a drink.  This bar has been voted as the top ten sailing bars to visit.  Check out the poster on the wall (click to enlarge).

 Another checkmark on my bucket list!