Monthly Archives: October 2017

Time 1015 local Lat N 35° 18.8′ Lon W 75° 06.5′ Nautical miles from Fishing Bay, Deltaville, Virginia : 146.1 Nautical miles to Port Everglades Entrance : 609.7 Beautiful, sunny, and clear skies, calm seas. The wind has gotten a … Continue reading →

Time 1835 local Lat: 36º 45.4′ N Long 75º 50.5′ W Miles from Fishing Bay, Deltaville, VA: 52.6 Miles to Port Everglades Inlet: 675.3 We had a fast trip down and out of the Chesapeake today, and now as the … Continue reading →

One thing about weather forecasts, they change.  SUN  S to SE winds 20 to 30 kt, increasing to 35 to 45 kt.  Seas 6 to 10 ft, building to 10 to 17 ft. That’s from the National Weather Service for … Continue reading →

Time 1835 local Lat: 38º 09.6′ N Long 76º 16.8′ W Miles from Annapolis: 49.2 Miles to Port Everglades Inlet: 749.1 We are just passing one of the more interestingly named places in the Chesapeake Bay, “Point No Point”.  We … Continue reading →

As the weather blew through last night, sometime shortly after midnight Karen asks, “What’s that noise?” As I started to get back up out of bed (which I had just gotten into) I said, “That’s the anchor alarm.” I have … Continue reading →

We are waiting here in a delightfully protected little cove off of Harris Creek in Maryland for the passage of a weather front.  Just north of the town of Avalon, if anybody is keeping track. In the past few hours … Continue reading →

Time: 2020 local Lat 38° 44′ 25″N  Log 76° 19′ 12″W Well….  today we actually did very little sailing because there was NO wind.  We saw a peak gust of just over 4 knots. So we motored. We are taking … Continue reading →

While we are here tied to the dock in Annapolis, we have gone from running the air conditioning during the heat of the day, to running the heat in the cool of the evening.  The first hints of colors are … Continue reading →