Gennaker up
First Made
Evening
Fun little van
Awful Arthurs is gone! Still got some oysters at crab claw
Antique
Looking back
Using the whisker pole
First mate
Wing on Wing
Wing on Wing
ugly storm sky!
First mate had a mini vacation, so we looked at the wind predictions and thought sailing south (north wind) to start the adventure and then North (big south wind predicted) would be smart. We set off at 9:55 am. 75 degrees and really humid - temps rose into the mid 80's, Barometer was 29.9 and steady. We put up the Gennaker because winds were light and then when we got near Kent Narrows, she was forced to make up her mind where to go - she decided through the narrows and then down either to the Wye or St. Michaels. She chose the later.
Good sail.. but slow. We had the gennaker up in Eastern Bay, but lost most of the wind, so we took it down and motored the rest of the way. Unfortunately, went through narrows ont he way down with the current. Tried to go real slow approaching the bridge to time it well, but still had to turn and go against the current for the last couple of minutes. The rest of the trip to St. Michaels was unremarkable. We looked at several places to anchor, finally decided (since inside the harbor was quite full) that we would anchor outside to the left of the harbor as one looks at St. Michaels from the water.
On the 6th we were on and off the water all day - while spending a bit of time on land seeing the town as well. Took the dinghy around to explore. Really nice dinghy dock/area over by the crab claw... but the other one mentioned that was supposed to be by the fuel dock wasn't there... I guess they are only having dinghies one place! Hadn't seen the whole town from water before, so it was neat exploring from a water vantage point! We also moved Bubbles into the harbor - hoping the winds and waves would be easier - THEY WERE11
On the 7th we headed back home since the first mate was a bit "concerned" about the predicted weather on the 8th and even later on the 7th, After departing I rigged up the newly repaired - thanks only to me and not the rigger that I hired to fix it (and never did). Since we weren't directly downwind, we at first just rigged the pole to leeward and were on a broad reach. Ultimately we did have to do some straight downwind sailing, so we navigated so the genoa set out with the whisker pole would be windward - so wing on wing. Dropped sails right before entering the Narrows, but had them back up to Lankford Bay Marina. Got in about 4...and got things lashed and tied down, stored, and put away in anticipation of the storm... that was quite intense - but it took away all the humidity too!!
Lovely three day trip!