07/14/2010, Annapolis, MD
Made it to Annapolis and picked up a mooring in the convenient mooring field in Annapolis Harbor. For our anniversary, we stayed at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel with a balcony and watched hundreds of sailboats finishing their races under full sail into Annapolis Harbor. This is a view from our balcony.
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07/13/2010, Chesapeake Bay en route to Annapolis
Hotter than the 6th circle of hell and we're anchored in the middle of Chesapeake Bay. Motoring along in the dead calm when a giant cloud of smoke appeared coming from the exhaust. After an hour dismantling stuff in the engine room, I found a FISH lodged at the elbow joint (poor design) leading into the intake filter. I hope there's no damage to our BRAND NEW engine.
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07/12/2010, Chesapeake Bay
Kathy and I took a few days to explore upper Chesapeake Bay - in July! Hot and still. Today we made a pilgrimage to Havre de Grace, birthplace of David Hasselhoff. Not much to do. Tomorrow we head to Annapolis.
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05/08/2010, Green Point Landing, Worton Creek, MD
Arrived safe and sound Friday evening and tied up to the fuel dock, since it was after hours. The marina is a charming, family-run operation. Ray, the owner, was gone for the weekend, so Bert was in charge. It was so windy Saturday Bert told us to just stay at the fueldock, and they would put the boat in its slip Monday. I think it will be a great place to keep the boat for the season. It is only about 220 miles from Weston, so I hope to be spending some weekends there, if anybody is interested? Thanks for following our trip on this blog. Mike
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05/07/2010, Just off Poplar Island, Chesapeake Bay
The fisherman are so nice here in the Chesapeake. They all get out of our way. Maybe it's because when they look in our cockpit, this is what they see. I am writing this blog in the picture. The fishermen must know not to stand in the way of this high-end journalism. There is barely a ripple on the water today. We are only about 45 miles away from our destination, and we may be motoring the whole way. Chip saw an interesting sight last night. In the middle of Chesapeake is a sunken destroyer with the entire superstructure showing. It apparently was scuttled intentionally many years ago to serve as a target for bombing practice! Ah, the good old days when you could sink a giant ship in a fragile ecosystem and then bomb the shit out of it. I'm getting a little teary-eyed with nostalgia. Your on-the-water reporter, Mike
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05/06/2010, Entrance to Chesapeake Bay
Just passed through Hampton Roads in Norfolk and into the Chesapeake, heading for Worton Creek. For the past 12 hours, we have witnessed everything the U.S. Navy can use to elicit shock and awe from our hapless enemies - well, maybe except for Somali pirates in patched-up pontoon boats. Last night, in the ICW, it was Navy fighter jock school as FA-18's flew 500 feet over us about every 45 seconds for several hours. Just the noise would be enough to make me surrender. This morning we passed through the Navy base in Norfolk, with a carrier group in port, and more arriving. We were approached by a military boat and told to stand off 500 yards from the submarine coming in. There was a helicopter dipping sonar devices as the ships arrived. Another carrier arrived after we had gone by. The most exciting thing was being hailed on the radio by a guided-missile frigate - we were the "dark-hulled sailboat". Of course, they were telling us to get out of the way, but it was still exciting. The picture here is classified top-secret. If the Navy knew I had taken that picture, I would have to be keel-hauled. I suppose it is the latest in stealth technology, but it showed up just fine on our cheap-ass civilian radar. This ship has given us several ideas for some enhancements on Road Less Traveled. The wind is clocking to the north, which is not great news, but we have plenty of time to get up Chesapeake Bay. I'd like to thank Chip for identifying all the military hardware we saw. Roger that, Mike
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