Point Bay Marina Moorings, Charlotte, VT
25 August 2022
Steph taking a break at the Adirondack Palisades.
Marc- After doing some brightwork maintenance on Lucy III's mahogany gunwales, Steph and I went over to North Bay and the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum for some rowing on traditional wooden pilot gigs. The pilot gigs were boats used to get the pilot out to incoming ships in the days of sailing ships. Speed was of the essence since whoever arrived to the ship first got the job. Gig rowing is an international sport and the Vermont teams venture far to compete. They recently competed in the Netherlands. The LCMM gigs are built at the Museum in Ferrisburgh. We usually row for 2 hours.
Pilot Gigs to choose from.
Even I get to enjoy a break after rowing across Lake Champlain to the New York shore.
The Palisades of Split Rock Mountain rise some 150 feet above the water and drop 150 feet straight down below the water as well.
View from our rear deck toward Otter Creek.
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