The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race
Dusk, heading toward Sharp's Island, GCBSR
Sunrise at Hooper's Island, GCBSR
Dinghy beached at Bryant Bay off the Severn River off Mobjack Bay
Poplar Grove Mill, East River, Port Haywood, VA
Dobbs walking on the beach at Milford Haven, Gwynn's Island, VA
Dameron Marsh (dinghy on a shoal in the background)
A 20-mile Spinnaker Run on our Last Day for 2024!
On September 17th, we moved back aboard GRACE for another cruise. Our adventure started with the Havre de Grace YC Invitational Race, which was then followed by the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race (we participate in the Invitational/ Non-Schooner Fleet); the overnight race ends with a fantastic party in Portsmouth. From there, we sailed up to Yorktown to explore the historic sites and then meandered over to Mathews, VA. Then, we sailed up the Rappahannock and poked around Carter Creek, the Corrotoman River, Urbanna, and Gwynn's Island. Back on the Chesapeake and heading north, I had the wonderful calm-weather opportunity to take the dinghy to gunkhole part of Dameron marsh and, later, the southern part of the Maryland portion of Smith Island. We spent a perfect fall evening, days before Halloween, enjoying a campfire with a friend on Chase Creek off the Severn. And to end our trip with a bang, we sailed up to Downrigging for 3 days of awesome bluegrass and a visual feast of wooden boats.