This morning we hauled anchor at 6:30 ready for a great day according to weather reports. Our intended destination was 64 miles north to Solomons Island. It didn't take too long to get outside into the Chesapeake but there were lots of crab pot floats and the sun was in our eyes. It was not starting off stress free at that point! Once clear of the pots we settled down to moving north. the usual 10-15k wind forecast was immediately 15-20 with 3-4' seas. More than expected but we kept going. Our usual speed however was only about 3-4mph probably because of current, wind, and waves which were all on our bow. At one point Peter adjusted course to avoid large beds of floating sea grass and the forward speed showed 0. It was very frustrating. After an hour or two the wind picked up to 20-25k and that made the waves higher also. We were not making much progress. Reedville. Once out of the bay it's like a whole other world inside. To our delight there was a tall ship anchored in the harbor so we went around it a few times.
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| Picton Castle, a British tall ship anchored in Reedville |
Our first anchorage spot was littered with pots so we turned up Cockerell Creek toward Reedville and found a little cove of 10' of water.
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| Smelly Fish! |
Unfortunately it's right across from a fish processing plant. Fortunately for us it's the weekend so they are not working. Even in our anchorage the wind kept up all afternoon. We were in and settled by 1:30PM. Tomorrow the day is suppose to be much better and they have lifted all small craft warnings. So off we go again but this time we will time it to move with the current. Once we cross the Potomac we are in Maryland.....inching our way along.
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