My parents are in town so we took LADY SARAH from city dock to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime museum.
Century Club: Greg Brennan
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
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1 day
Conditions were much more blustery than what was suggested by the buoy data so I rowed up the creek. Still not too many summer mooring residents in my path. Saw a couple of ospreys carrying nesting material, maybe they're late arrivals. Also saw an egret and a heron.
Also there was a lone paddlboarder who was a bit faster than I was, not that we were racing oh no.
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
It's windy out there but the waves were well behaved. Again I misjudged the heading to the "A" buoy and had to do the last 20m dead upstream then make a 180. A hand full of other boats were out including a catamaran going for an early sail. The brown water snake that lives at the maritime museum was very busy scuttling back and forth from the dock to the Spartina.
Oh, I painted the seats and transom since I never liked the weathering pattern showing under the boat sauce I first applied. I'll get a second coat on this afternoon and it ought to look pretty spiffy.
Thursday, May 18, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
Quite sporty on the Severn. Windy and confused waves. I had the wind behind me on the way to the shallows of our creek and got a bit of exercise on the way back. Saw swifts and cormorants, herons and ospreys, ducks and geese. Not a human out there besides the crew of the LADY SARAH at the fuel dock.
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
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1 day
Gentle breeze threw up a light roller as the tide ebbed this morning. Got close to one female cormorant but not much fauna.
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
Funny current today. I had trouble aiming on the first leg and made a squiggly track. Saw an osprey on the nest and a couple of seagulls. Not any marine life. Very high tide.
Thursday, May 4, 2023
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1 day
Gentle swells from the Bay Bridge combined with the wind blowing down the Severn to create a little chop. Just enough to make it interesting. Almost completely cloudless, a welcome change. Saw a couple of cormorants flying and a great blue heron. While I was rowing north a cruise ship snuck in behind me. Amazing it was quieter than the Tuesday trash trucks in Eastport.
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
Breeze lighter than expected and nice smooth rollers from Kent Island. Saw a cormorant and a couple of osprey, no jellyfish. The Navy has replaced their yellow markers off David Taylor?
Thursday, April 27, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
It was more blustery than the online data suggested so I went up the creek. It was near low tide but didn't look like it because of the wind blowing right up the Severn. Once out of sight of Bembe Beach it was quite pleasant. Saw one fish jump back in the shallows, and a few cormorants and mallards.
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
Rowed over the Severn in a short chop from the northwest that pushed the boat much more than the full flood, but not enough to be unpleasant. Still quite a few cormorants and an osprey flew right over me since I'm just a big sea bird with spruce wings flapping. It's cool today but the water is about sixty Fahrenheit so I'm writing this standing in the water just off the beach.