Heading west....

We woke to a very cool morning and decided that because of the forecast for the next few days it was time to move to the west shore of the Bay. In order to have the facilities of Annapolis during the end of the week we grabbed a mooring in Spa Creek. We plan on heading down to Holiday Hill soon.

Today was the day of lighthouses. One is right as you enter the Wye River and the other is for "Bloody Point"........and it's even red!

Heading north ........the long way!

November has come at last and we want to make sure we are close to Annapolis for Amy. In order to get a little closer we decide to head to the Wye River area since it's not far from Kent Island and a little more north.

So.....we sailed downwind out of San Doming Creek across the Choptank and around Walnut Point instead of going through Knapp's Narrows. It was only a few more miles and then we could have a full day of sailing.......yep, we sure did!

The Chesapeake is supposed to have great sailing in the fall with steady winds and warm water. Yes, the water isn't too cold yet but we would like to put our order in for some steady breeze. On this day it was all over the place and almost always from the direction we didn't want! The bottom line is that as the "crow flies" we moved north about 7 miles. The sail which took all afternoon stretched out to 49 miles! We pulled into Bigwood Cove just as the sun dipped over the trees. The next morning showed how beautiful the cove is.

The sounds of the Chesapeake!

Awesome!

Skinny water.........

As she sits GH is in about 3' (maybe even a little less) of water at low tide. Here is a shot off our port side about 50'....... we think Bambi may be joining us soon!! Dave A if you were here venison would have been on the menu tonight!

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Also known as San Domingo Creek, the back door to St. Michael's, Md. Grey Hound is now lying about as far up the creek as you can go. It's a beautiful, very protected spot no distance at all from the south side of St. Michael's. It is the same creek that James Michener had a house on while writing 'Chesapeake' and it's easy to guess were he got his inspiration from. The sounds and sights around here are beautiful!!!

Adios, Knapp Narrows

Grey Hound is heading east!

Darcie J

How's this for a new spelling of your name?

HUH????

Does anybody get this?

Hey Van Den Berg!!!!!!

Get with the program!!!!!! We had cocktails last night on Old Sam a Cabot 36 out of Lunenburg, NS. We had a great time with Don and Sue sipping their rum. Well, it turns out Old Sam is named for a certain Nova Scotia medicine that sailors have a weakness for. Long story short Old Sam has not only rum of the same name on board but they have t-shirts, ball caps, jackets and a flag to fly as well!! Sue wrote the company and they gave them lots of good stuff!! SOOO, where are your Screech shirts and don't forget our ration Screech grog as well!!! ;-0

Think we'll write Old Sam the company and see if we can get t-shirts too!

Thanks for the great time Sue & Don! Hope our paths cross again!

Back in the day..

On the water and land..........

Skipjack's still working.

Knapp Narrows on Tilghman's Island

We planned on one night at Knapp's Narrows on the floating dock but it ended up to be two since it was blowing the "squirrels out of the trees" from the northwest.

Knapp's Narrows and it surrounds is home for a very active fleet of "waterman" and their vessels. It's really nice to see these guys still doing what there families have done for generations!

On the move

We're heading south towards the Choptank to get there it was through Kent Narrows..... Kent Narrows has a very narrow channel and an approach with quite a current! What you see is a fixed bridge ht. 65' and behind it a bascule bridge.....hope that bascule is wide enough........ it was ........48' wide...... 12 ft to spare on either side!

Lynx at anchor

Sailing out of the Chester, we came across the schooner Lynx anchored. Just sitting what an impressive vessel she is!! Maybe someday we'll be lucky enough to see her cruising under full sail and try to give her a run for her money!! ;-)

Sunset on Davis Creek

Beautiful!! Oh yeah, the temperature was 70 degrees and we sat in the cockpit for the evening.