Monthly Archives: September 2016

Time: 11:30 local Lat: 38º 54.7’N Log: 76º 30.6 W Selby Cove, Mayo, Maryland We thought we were far back and out of the way.  It was a small bay with room for a few boats to anchor, no marked channel. … Continue reading →

Time: 18:45 local Lat: 38º 20.2’N Log: 76º 27.6 W Solomons Island, Maryland Everybody who has a boat in or near saltwater has at one time or another done battle with seagulls. Seagulls like nothing better than to sit on boats.  Seagulls … Continue reading →

Time: 21:30 local Lat: 38º 7.4’N Log: 76º 24.1 W St. Inigoes, Maryland Another day, another beautiful anchorage.  Just up the Potomac River from where it empties into the Chesapeake Bay, we are in a tiny tributary called Smith Creek.  Bald eagle nests, … Continue reading →

Time: 18:20 local Lat: 37 50N Log: 76 16 W Reedville, VA Two short hops have brought us further up the Chesapeake Bay to the delightful anchorage in the town of Reedville, VA on Cockrell Creek.  Karen’s description of a … Continue reading →

The world of nature is strange…  by way of example is bioluminescent plankton.  If you aren’t familiar, many types of small (tiny) critters that live in the ocean glow with a green light when they are disturbed.  It is a … Continue reading →

Time: 21:30 local Lat: 37 32.4N Log: 76 20.2 W I wish I had something exciting to report, but not so much.  Since my last posting we alternated between motoring and sailing as the wind allowed, and cleared our way … Continue reading →

Time: 14:35 local Lat: 38 16.0N Log: 74 34.5 W Distance from Newport: 244NM Distance to Chesapeake Bay Entrance: 98NM Another beautiful day on the ocean, except about mid morning we lost our wind. Since we were trolling fishing lines … Continue reading →

Time: 14:20 local Lat: 39 42.7N Log: 73 03.9W Distance from Newport: 132NM Distance to Chesapeake Bay Entrance: 211NM A quiet and gentle sail so far. Not real fast, not real slow. The weather continues to be cooperative. The biggest … Continue reading →

Time: 17:20 local Lat: 41 04.7′ N Log: 71 46.1W Distance from Newport Harbor: 31NM Distance to Chesapeake Bay Entrance: 311NM We were held up a bit trying to get fuel and water in Newport.  The central harbor was so … Continue reading →

We had earlier hoped that we would get further north than here, but it looks like it is not to be this season.  I have been watching for a weather window for the first leg of our southerly migration for … Continue reading →