Old Friends

Willsboro Bay, N44 24 W73 24

08/20/05) Today we sailed with dear old friends, Bob and Carol deMello. All four of us had a great time.
After stopping for lunch behind Schuyler Island we headed downwind toward the Ausable River where Champ was supposedly sighted last
week. When we turned back upwind we discovered that the wind had risen to near gale 30-35 knots. It made for slow going on the
lake beating upwind in those conditions. 30 knots on the lake is unlike 30 knots at sea because the waves are closer together and
steeper.

Happily, after and hour or so the winds diminished. We were able to make good progress. We got back to the anchorage around 1730.

The deMellos treated us to dinner at a lovely little restaurant in Willsboro NY. The chef was a graduate of CIA, and the food was
great. Thank you Bob and Carol. We all had fun except that I had sea legs. I felt that everything was rocking the whole time I
was ashore.