Marblehead

The Boston Yacht Club (BYC) is located in Marblehead Harbour about 20 miles north of Logan Airport and downtown Boston. 

Drink on the patio overlooking the harbor/mooring field

You can see the blue umbrella in both photos.

Compare these photos of BYC when we were there is October:

http://svstilltime.blogspot.ca/2014/10/boston-yacht-club.html

MacIntosh was rafted up to another boat on the service dock.

MacIntosh with her battle flags

John had to go up the mast earlier this morning to replace a failed main halyard, so it was easier to do at the dock rather than bobbing in the mooring field.

Durk has sewn together all the racing flags that he has won over the years and had hoisted it up a halyard as a battle flag.

The crew jumped on MacIntosh and took her to her mooring ball:

We got back and I had forgot my cell phone on the boat, so Rita and I took a tender back to get it.

Tender coming into the service dock

 

Rita on the tender

 

Coming up to MacIntosh

On the tender we met this young guy who was going to another boat: Ticonderoga, which I remembered from the 2013 race.  Turns out he was the captain!  New England in the summer, and St. Bart's in the Caribbean for the winter!

85 ft ketch

BYC arranged for a dinner reservation for all 8 of us at the Barnacle located about a half mile walk through Marblehead.  Rita and I enjoyed eating at the Barnacle last fall.

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On the way in Crocker Park, we could see MacIntosh in the mooring field:

We ate outside overlooking the harbour at low tide.

Afterwards, back under the BYC tent, there was an awesome house band.

LOTS of dancing, and Dark N Stormys.

Kevin/Jan drove us to our hotel close to midnight.