After a hearty breakfast John gets underway:

We check things out ashore:
 

And Virginia takes over the helm:
 

        Saturday was the day of hide-and-seek as we used the marine radio to communicate.  The day before, Ron's home town ,Oriental, North Carolina had just got hit by 10" of rain and lots of wind from Hurricane Bonnie.  But Ron had somehow gotten away from it all (we in Maryland were not touched at all).  Ron was the first to call asking directions to a ramp.

        The Zephyrus and the Sanity sailed out of Skipton Creek passing a significant colonial mansion on the south shore at the Creek's mouth.  Large stately lawns with a herd of black sheep.  The four posted house most likely is the famous colonial mansion - "Wye Heights."  Here John ghosts past the mansion:

        Meanwhile all were on the water including Dana (he launched from Shipping Creek), except the Shearwater (Dean and Mary were to launch also from Shipping Creek, but in late afternoon).  Slowly we all began coming together.  Virgina and I had anchored in Quarter Cove and so we became the anchor point for a raft of six boats.
        Here Happy Pappy comes up to the raft: