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From: Rosalie B. (no email)
Date: Sat Sep 22 2001 - 20:51:40 EDT
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I sent this directly to Tom and it bounced. Not sure why. So I'm posting
it to the list instead.
On Sat, 22 Sep 2001 17:18:50 -0400, you wrote:
>A quick trip around the "north forty". :)
>
>We stopped at Annapolis mainly to have some work done on the boat and for
>Jackie to visit her Dad for a fortnight. We enjoyed it tremendously but
>damn! there are a lot of boats there! I thought Florida was crowded...
>
>Had some steel work done and now we are the proud owners of a pair of
>stainless steel "racks" that will hold six Kyocera 120 Watt solar
>panels. Three on each side.
>
>We cancelled our order for a wind generator 'cause with 6 big Kyoceras we
>can go into the power company business. Now if I could just figure out how
>to sell all the surplus to other boats in the anchorages we visit... ;)
Solar panels are great in the CHesapeake when there's little wind. The
wind gen does well in FL - it works at night when solar panels don't. We
don't have a genset yet, but we do have both solar and wind.
>The Inner Harbor was a bit tense because of the terrorist attack on the
>WTC. Baltimore has its own WTC right on the inner harbor seawall. We did
>not anchor in the inner harbor, although we could have. Just too much
I've always wanted to take a picture of our boat anchored there from the
top. The harbor is also on the local TV intro - live shot - Ch 13.
>
>Left Baltimore and overnighted in the anchorage in Swan Creek, just north
>of Rock Hall. Nice place. Well protected from any direction. When we
>arrived at about 1500, there were 3 boats there. When we turned in for the
>evening there were 14. All quiet and courteous however, no generators and
>no loud music. Dead calm evening and killer mosquitoes though. Not as big
>as our Florida varieties (i.e., they were too small to carry a flashlight
>with them as they looked for you in the dark) but just as irritating.
>
>Wandered up the Chester River today and paid a visit to Chestertown. Nice
>place but too "touristy" for me. Jackie loved it. Oh well, gotta keep the
>Boat Babe happy too. :)
We enjoyed CHestertown, but we afraid to anchor there because of the
shifting current (goes 180 deg when the tide changes and anchors frequently
drag) and the cables which go under the water there which we didn't want to
get into. We were on a face dock at the marina which was nice. We walked
up to eat in town. Chestertown is mainly a college town.
>We are in the anchorage at Chestertown tonight. We anchored well away from
>the 'herd' when we arrived but latecomers have anchored practically on top
>of us since then. They are all ashore and have been since we returned from
>dinner. Hopefully they are not staying the night. :(
>
>We get nervous when folks anchor too close as most do not understand a
>lightweight trimaran swings to wind instead of tide at times and all the
>monohull types end up pointing one way and we the other.
We saw that when we were on moorings down in FL this winter.
>Heading down to Kent Narrows tomorrow, maybe as far as St. Michaels, maybe
>not. We are in no hurry. Any suggestions for stopovers are welcomed.
DId you see the two silo house? It's weird. We were able to sail almost
all the way down the Chesapeake. There is a nice anchorage on the Corsica
River just around the point. You can probably also get into Queenstown (we
ran aground 4 times trying it, but we have a 5 ft draft).
There are a lot of seafood houses around Kent Island. I understand the
Crab Deck allows dinner patrons to tie up for dinner or overnight if not
crowded. We've not been through Kent Narrows because of the draft problem
(the charts say there's not enough water) and the current.
You can go up to Shaw Bay and anchor - it is a lovely anchorage past St.
Michaels up the Wye River.
Same deal with Knapps Narrows - restaurants that have free place to tie up.
Oxford is a lovely town to visit.
On the western shore, we always stop off at Selby Bay off the South RIver
(south of Thomas Pt. light. There's a nice anchorage there which usually
has very few boats. You can also go up to Harness Creek, but that may be
crowded at the weekend.
When you get farther down towards us, I'll tell you more places. You can
also go to the ChesapeakeCruising list's anchorage and marina board where
additional directions are. It is at http://chesapeakecruising.com/
>Any 'listers' in the area are welcome to give us a hail and come aboard for
>sundowners if nearby.
>
If you get down as far as Solomons or to the Potomac, give us a call. We
will come and pick you up and take you around.
grandma Rosalie
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