Ridout Creek

Trip dates: 
Thursday, November 12, 2026
Trip length: 
1 day
Type of watercraft: 
Sail
  • Sunrise, San Domingo Creek
  • Rowing to shore for breakfast...we thought.
  • St. Michaels San Domingo Creek landing
  • One of my favorite houses in St. Michaels
  • Transiting Knapps Narrows
  • Made me chuckle and think of educator friends
  • Thomas Point Light
  • Whee!
  • Sunset, Ridout Creek

62/44, partly cloudy, S5-10

Oh, the injustice!  We launched the dinghy and rowed to shore to go to Carpenters Street Saloon for breakfast, for our favorite - S.O.S.  And they were out!  Sigh..smile, wave goodbye, trundle back to dinghy and row home to make breakfast aboard.  I forgive you, C-Street. 

Morning, leaving Broad Creek on a south wind: beating > first reef > fading > no reef > motor out around Nelson's Island Shoal > close haul > close reach > beam reach to Knapp's Narrows.

Afternoon, Bay side: broad reach > fading > motor > 120-degree wind shift > close reach > 1st reef > 2nd reef, Zoom! to Whitehall Bay.  Anchored in Ridout Creek at 4:30pm.