September Weather

Burlington, VT
(09/10/05) I need to learn to swear in French. Last night, just after we went to bed at anchor, I heard some voices too loud and too close. I got up and peeked outside. There was a sailboat only 15 feet away pointing right at us. There were four people on deck jabbering in French. I suspect that they were saying, "Look out, there's a boat in front of us." I would have gone up on deck and yelled at them but I was inhibited by two things. I was naked and I can't curse in French. In any case, they backed off and went elsewhere to anchor.

In an earlier blog I bragged about our best single day, 127 nautical miles. Yesteday we sailed 2 miles north, decided that there was too little wind to do anything, and sailed 2 miles south to return to where we started. Round trip time about 7 hours. It was definitely a low stress day. The weather was so nice it was nice to nap and to read outdoors. The scenery was spectacular.

Libby and Jenny wanted to do art shows in Burlington on Saturday, so we're back again. It's a picture perfect day here. Temperature about 70F (21C), scattered clouds, mild breeze. It feels fall-like.