July 19th... Annapolis, MD to Solomons, MD

We left Annapolis at 8:20 with a good south breeze and sailed across the Bay and back twice by noon before we realized that we were not going to make our destination by dark if we didn't run the engine for a while. We were not at all happy... but turned it on, still tacked back and forth to use the wind as much as possible . The engine allowed us to point a little higher, reducing each tack by about 4 miles.

By the middle of the afternoon the wind had increased and we found ourselves pounding into both the tide and 3 foot waves. We'd be cruising at 5 knots and then bam we'd hit a couple of waves wrong and our speed would be down to 2 knots. The engine let us recover a little faster.

The rule in the Chesapeake is to arrive at your destination on Friday before the weekend crowd shows up and we were a little worried about finding a spot on Saturday evening in Solomons. As it turned out there were two ideal spots to choose from in our old anchorage.

Be the time we had the boat put back together it was time to think about dinner. I ended up saut�ing some shimp in butter, garlic, and a little bacon and then tossing them on some penne. Kathy made a salad and we had a fine meal.