Wow! The price you pay for good wind! Last night there was a pretty good squall about every hour. The last one, just before dawn had
30 knot winds along with a 90 degree wind shift. When it left it took ALL the wind with it and I ended up motoring for a couple of hours to
get out of that mess. As sun as the sun came up, the clouds parted, the angels sang... another glorious day with 20 knot winds and clear
blue skies. The only fly in the ointment is the ship's compass. It, shall we say, wanders from time to time. Obviously, a bit disconcerting,
especially when entering relatively restricted waters. I think I just need to recalibrate it but it's too rough out here and will have to wait until
we're in the Bay. It's about 140 miles to the channels marking the approaches to Chesapeake Bay and I expect to arrive there tomorrow
morning, around 8AM at my current speed. That's about 10 miles from the Bay Bridge-Tunnel which means I should be entering
Chesapeake Bay around 10AM tomorrow. From there it's about 120 miles to Annapoilis but I generally do not travel in the bay at night and
plan to anchor at night. If I'm able to continue making this speed (doubtful, the forecast is for little or now wind) then I'll arrive in Annapolis
some time on Saturday; otherwise, on Sunday.