Day 35 Solomons Island to Deltaville

We were wide awake this morning at 6AM to get ready to leave. Unfortunately their was not enough light to make our way out of the narrow shallow creek so we had to wait. By 6:50 we were on our way along with the fishing boats. It was an easy sail along the western shore of Chesapeake Bay. There is a long stretch of the Maryland coastline which is Navy property. We even passed a live target range (not practicing today)! There are lots of sailboats heading South, many are from Canada. We were able to pick up the southbound current once passing the Potomac River entrance and maintained a speed of 7.5K.

Made it into Deltaville at 3:30. This is a small tight anchorage with a depth of 8 feet under us. The entrance is a dog-leg type. We motored through the first set of markers then took a sharp turn to starboard and headed only about 25yds off a house and beach before turning again. It was a perfect 'Z' from start to finish.

The pictures show how close we were to the markers coming in. Hope to leave again by 7AM and be in Norfolk tomorrow.