Century Club: Liz & Bob Powell

We took the Maeryner up the Severn to check out a property from the water.  It's a beautiful home in a great community but quite a trek to the Bay from that end of the Severn.  The Sunday traffic and accompanying boat wake is quite something on a Sunday on the Severn!

Day 1 - Back Creek to Wye River where we anchored in what we are naming 'Straight-Up Cove which has us in a good spot for the predicted thunderstorms and NW winds (all of which happened, but we had a very calm night). We had a fabulous sail down the Bay, but had to motor up the Eastern Bay to the Wye.  Gosh darn it, the bilge dumped on us again after a heavy heel to starboard.  We're now sure it's sea water and thinking perhaps due to leaving the AC thru hull open in a heavy starboard heel.  We also discovered that we forgot to turn off the anchor washdown pump.  Have we finally diagnosed the problem???  HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our newest grandson, Ender Ford Powell!!!!

Day 2 - Lots of rain so Bob spent most of the day again trying to track down the source of the water we have been getting when the boat is heeled over.  No luck, but the bilge is now dry, clean and sanitized.  Red Rover joined us this afternoon and the crew looked like drowned rats after sailing down from the Magothy in the rain.

Day 3 - We headed over to Leeds Creek off of the Miles after a sail that was cut short by approaching storms.  Dinner with the Red Rover crew followed by heavy thunderstorms.  There was lots of lightning and thunder but not enough to keep the ladies from firing up a hot spot and doing a virtual Bible study.

Day 4 - We had such a lovely anchorage that we decided to stay a second night.  The weather is unbearably hot so we waited until late in the day to explore Leeds by dinghy.  It is so pretty here with a lot of good anchoring options we decided we will definitely return.  We finally broke down and fired up the generator to cook and enjoy dinner.

Day 5 - Leeds Creek to the Rhode River but light winds forced us to motor.  We anchored near Camp Letts which is so much quieter than our typical anchorage at the front of the River.

Day 6 - We visited Flat Island by dinghy and then headed home to Back Creek

We grabbed some night crawlers for our first time fisherman and after trying our luck at the dock, headed out in the Maeryner looking for better options.  Obviously, no luck or we'd have our fish photo posted here 

One of Liz's favorite weeks of the year is Izzie Camp - a full week of travel, exploration and fun with the grandkids.  Due to COVID, travel was out of the question for our 2020 camp, so we improvised.  We did a day of sports challenges at home and then jumped aboard Hurry Sundown for some time on and in the water.

Day 1 - Back Creek to Herrington Harbor South.  We spent the afternoon at the beach and the kids took turns swimming and paddleboarding

Day 2 - Many, many hours at the pool. After dinner we walked to local store for ice cream, and returned to wait for the evening storms which drew the kids attention as they tried to capture photos of the lightning across the skies.

Day 3 - Many, many more hours at the pool.  We had a game night aboard complete with hot baked chocolate chip cookies.

Day 4 - We headed to the Annapolis Harbor where the kids got out their water guns and created their own pirate boat experience with Cappy's help.  They took turns riding the dinghy while being shot at by their cousins on the deck of Hurry Sundown.  They followed that up with jumps and dives off the deck of Hurry Sundown.  The evening was a success although we had hoped to see some racing boats come into the Harbor.  I guess that doesn't happen every Friday.

Day 5 - We spent a leisurely morning in the Annapolis Harbor.  Izzie took the time to attend a memorial service via Zoom (such a strange part of the 2020 world) while the kiddos played games before heading back to the dock.