I went to the Glen-L Gathering again this year. This makes about 4 times that I've been to it. I took Pixie, Little Bit to at least one; I think two for Little Bit. I stopped at one on Anago with Robin. I also took Ike Clarkson to one on an afternoon and we were able to catch a ride on Butch Barto's Innocence.
This year I wanted to take Disciple Ship. I wasn't quite finished with her last year to go. I decided that I'd go for a longer time than previously. They start on Thursday and go through Sunday. I took Friday and Saturday to go.
I left early Friday in time to get up there for the river run. I arrived at Blue Water RV Resort in Dayton around 9:45.
Around 10:30 people started loading up for the run. I wound up with Ed on his Scooter, a Glen-L Gentry. She's a two-seater and fast! We made the 24 mile run with about 40+ others gathered for a lunch at Zois at the Harbor Lights Marina which is just south of the nuclear power plant.
The ride back was just as much fun as the ride down. During the afternoon I took my boat out for a brief sail. The wind was blowing out so I was able to sail the 1/2 mile out to the main river where I met Ron and Claire on their Minuet, the only other sailboat there, coming back in. They had a motor and offered to tow me in so I'd make supper. I gratefully accepted.
I ate supper with Ed, walked around a bit, talked to Robin on the phone a while and set up my tent around dark. Folks were quite interested in my boat. Several asked about the mast. The sleeping platform was intriguing to some. I hunkered down in the cockpit on my sleeping pad and read til around 10:00 then into the tent, and it was lights out.
I slept but only so-so. I arose about 7:00 to a pretty scene.
David, another pastor, made waffles and sausage links for anyone who wanted some. I ate two along with some orange juice. After breakfast, I put some of my stuff away, and waited for stuff to dry after the heavy dew.
Ron and Claire made plans to sail after lunch (which I skipped), so I joined them. The plan was to sail in tandem and have them tow me back again in time to retrieve our boats before the barbeque supper. The wind was fluky but it was a decent afternoon. I got to put my boat to more of a test than any time previously in my limited experience on her. I estimate that we sailed about 4 miles total. Some of the winds probably hit 10 mph but most were much gentler than that.
Ron got some great shots of my boat while we were out.
Retrieval went smoothly with a couple of guys helping me at the ramp which was good since we had a cross wind. After supper I said some good-byes and headed home. Made it about dark.
Here are a few shots of some of the boats at the gathering.
And here's a good shot of mine in my slip without the tent.
It was a good event. Plan to return again.
