We have just returned from a great weekend on Sodus Bay. Our friend Nancy has a power boat on the Bay and it offered comfortable accommodation and a great platform for enjoying the delights of sailing and swimming on the bay. On Saturday the weather was perfect and we towed the Bay River Skiff out to Thornton Point and anchored Nancy's boat there. Nancy and I enjoyed a relaxing no stress sail across the bay and back. Everything went super and we sailed downwind past her boat for some pictures. When I gibed to head back upwind to land at her boat, I forgot to let the centerboard down. We drifted sideways almost into a dock before I realized my mistake. Everything turned out ok however and we got back to the mothership. On Sunday we hauled the Bay River Skiff and spent the morning checking out places to keep the Traumerei on Sodus Bay as a summer cottage. In the afternoon, we went swimming at Thornton Point and Nancy practiced backing her boat into her slip. She did just great!
In the evening we went to Connely's Cove for dinner and then for a walk at Chimney Bluff State Park finishing our outing by driving to Wollcott for ice cream. On the way to Wollcott we passed some very dramatic new apple orchards. The apples trees are planted like grapes, pruned and in rows to produce a two dimensional effect we surmise to facilitate mechanical harvesting.
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