{"id":568,"date":"2012-09-03T11:16:43","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T11:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=568"},"modified":"2012-09-03T11:19:35","modified_gmt":"2012-09-03T11:19:35","slug":"a-great-day-on-the-connecticut-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=568","title":{"rendered":"A great afternoon on the Connecticut River with our bud Jack."},"content":{"rendered":"

Brenda and I, along with our son Christopher spent a wonderful afternoon with our friend Jack on Sunday aboard his Dyer 29 power boat. \u00a0Yes, we did spend some time on a “stinkpot”. \u00a0However, Jack is a fun guy and we thought that it would be nice to spend some time with him on the river. \u00a0No\u00a0disappointment on that account. \u00a0What a nice afternoon it was.<\/p>\n

Our son Christopher took some great photos of our journey which took us down the river toward Old Saybrook and up to Hamburg Cove, a wonderful little harbor about a mile north of Essex. \u00a0 In spite of the busy Labor Day weekend, we were able to pick up a mooring in Hamburg and enjoyed a nice spread supplied by Brenda.<\/p>\n

Jack’s boat, Three Musketeers<\/em> is a real classic. \u00a0If you have to have a powerboat, instead of a sailboat, this is a very nice looking craft. \u00a0 Classy. \u00a0No, it’s not the one on the left. \u00a0How about that wind shield? \u00a0It’s new this season. \u00a0Really, really nice.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>We are not used to seeing a wake with this much “seething” going on. \u00a0It takes plenty of fuel to move along like this. \u00a0 And, a proper ensign to boot. \u00a0None of those wimpy flags like are on so many boats. \u00a0Makes me proud to be an American!!!\"\"<\/a>Brenda and I enjoying the scenery as it\u00a0whizzed\u00a0past. \u00a0Going faster than 7kts is a treat. \u00a0Nice to have along our own photographer.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>This was the view from our “living room” with Jack in Hamburg Cove. \u00a0Not too shabby. \u00a0Chris has been coming here with us since he was only a toddler. \u00a0 We won’t talk about the view in the other direction that included dozens of boats on moorings. However, it’s a much better view than is available to most. \u00a0 What a great spot.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>Nice “do” on my bride and first mate. \u00a0 It’s a very different experience than being aboard Pandora. \u00a0Sort of like sitting on a movable back porch. \u00a0Brenda’s look reminds me of how Rene Zelwiger looked after her ride in a convertible in “Bridget Jones’s Diary”. \u00a0 If you haven’t seen that movie, you should. \u00a0In spite of my best efforts, I couldn’t find a photo from that scene. \u00a0Forgive me. \u00a0 I digress. I guess that you had to be there.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>We headed back to the Essex Yacht Club for a drink on the deck. \u00a0Nice to see Pandora out in the anchorage if only for a week. \u00a0 Not so close to the club but there she is, just right of center with the double headstay. \u00a0This is the one photo that Chris didn’t take. \u00a0Not so great but it is a great view. \u00a0Yes?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

YIKES!!! Did someone say that we are headed out in only a week? \u00a0Yes, that’s right, we leave in just 7 days. \u00a0 #%$&!!! \u00a0 I’d better sign out and get packing!!!<\/p>\n

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Brenda and I, along with our son Christopher spent a wonderful afternoon with our friend Jack on Sunday aboard his Dyer 29 power boat. \u00a0Yes, we did spend some time on a “stinkpot”. \u00a0However, Jack is a fun guy and we thought that it would be nice to spend some time with him on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_s2mail":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=568"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":577,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568\/revisions\/577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}