No gas – No Water!
19 October 2009 | Annapolis City Marina
This is a Photo taken inside our full-surround of Weems Creek. It was so cold and wet we didn't spend must time looking out from here.
We pulled the anchor at 8 am today and headed down the Severn River towards Annapolis. The Power Boat show had just ended (yesterday) and as we entered Spa Creek, we witnessed a mass exodus of power boats of all sizes racing out into the Bay. The Chesapeake offered perfect conditions for them...no waves, calm seas and very little wind. We pulled in to Annapolis City Marina after waiting for the US flagged Jeanneau sailboat whom earlier had politely cut us off from pulling up behind Blue Blazes. Not only that, after circling about, we had to race in towards the dock as another polite US flagged Power Boat tried the same thing... What are we invisible?
The funny part about this morning's adventure is that there would be No gas - No Water for us today. We needed gas for the dinghy but the gas pumps weren't working (not our fault, eh!) and the attendant informed us that we would have to pay $10 for our water. Here, on a normal day, if another boat is waiting, you are only allowed to fill the water tanks as long as it takes them to fill the diesel tank. It was a no-brainer, we had approximately 30gals of water remaining in one tank so, we decided to forget about it and cast off.