Finally.... The rain stops long enough for us to have a pleasant dockside visit by the Harbor View Children's Center and then a wonderful member sail in Boston Harbor. Thanks to David McGowan from the MA Department of Environmental Management, a group of several dozen pre-school kids had a chance to come aboard for a visit at Boston Fan Pier. It is always exciting to bring such an enthusiastic group aboard...

As you can see from the chart image to the right, we didn't go far out into the harbor during our member sail from 5-8pm, only reaching President Roads before turning back for the dock, but what a great group of people aboard and a nice gentle evening breeze to carry us along..

Boston Harbor was busy this evening with jets coming and going to Logan Airport. Aren't those pilots concerned about clipping the topmasts? They must look closer than they are. Toward the end of the sail we observed a large, no..., huge LNG tanker departing the harbor with incredibly tight security both on the water and ashore.

We came back to the dock at Fan Pier to find our compatriot, the Spirit of Massachusetts, alongside and we rafted together, a schooner gam in the making in Boston Harbor. Yes, schooner gams happen yet today in this modern age. Fortunately!

Captain: Amanda Madeira