Susan's parents & sister came up to see the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race, which starts right after the sailboat show ends. Since we no longer owned the waterfront home on the Magothy, we all had to squeeze into TabbyCat.  It worked out quite well with Fae in the Starboard v-berth and Mom & Vince in the port guest queen berth. We sailed down to a C&C sailing club event in Annapolis.  Howard & Susan were holding an Oktoberfest party at their dock.  We woke up early the next day, since Fae's flight was early in the afternoon and had a fabulous day of sailing.  We broad reached under the Bay Bridge at 14 knots with the sunrise.  Since the wind was piping up, we furled the screacher and still managed a sprightly 10 knots.  It was still gusting to 18 knots at our slip, so it took Susan quite a few tries to get the boat backed in.

2005 Boatshow - Tabby Cat was the show boat! (Max Cat represented the 30' Maine Cats) We spent some nights on the boat during the show, which was interesting.  Ralph & Arlene Drahos, Maine Cat's able captain & first mate, stayed on the port side and were great company.  Susan worked the boatshow on Friday, Saturday & Monday at the IMIS booth.  Mike did a great job exercising the credit card and getting all those nifty items that you just can't live without- foul weather gear, binoculars, and lots of smaller items. At then end of the show, Susan ran down the dock only to discover that Tabby had already left, so she had to catch a ride on a moorings 43 to performance cruising where the boat was moved for demo days. It was interesting to go out on another cat after having now acclimated to the Main Cat, and only further solidified her opinion that Maine Cats are very quiet and better engineered than most of the other cats on the market.