Sunset at Hawk Cove
My toast to Jared Moore.
On the way to Bodkin Creek.
Testing the new oars with the dinghy.
Another sunset.
I do believe the anchor was dug right in.
Parkside to Hawk Cove: I returned from home around noon. I did some chores and then realized that I could get underway and do them at anchor. Since it was a late departure I first went to Maryland Marina to pump out both holding tanks. Since no one was waiting I took the time to calibrate both tanks at empty and full. Now they seem ok. Then I headed for Hawk Cove after sailing past Hart-Miller Island then than back in before sunset. It took a few tries but I finally hooked the bottom using the controls at the helm. It was a nice sunset with dinner of steak, potato salad and cucumber salad. I toasted my dear departed friend Jared with his favorite - Jim Beam. It was now calm so I called boaters midnight.
Hawk Cove to Bodkin Creek: It was a calm evening but I did swing around a bit - mostly do to changing tides - but I stayed within my anchor radius. I had breakfast and cleaned up before weighing anchor and motor sailed through the cut towards Bodkin Creek. It was calm motoring the entire way. The entrance into Bodkin Creek went smoothly but there were lots of crab floats to dodge amongst. I rafted along side Ralph's boat to stop and visit and help with whatever projects I could. We installed his jib and looked at an issue with water in the bilge (turns out it was nothing). We had a nice dinner of pulled chicken on buns and I contributed cucumber salad. After dinner we viewed the moon using his telescopes and then called it a night. Very good sleeping weather.
Bodkin Creek to Parkside to Still Pond: Up early for a quick cup of coffee and cereal then coffee with Ralph and Margaret. Ralph and I tried to get the group call to work on his boat but it didn't seem capable. Finally I left with very quiet waters and motor sailed home to pick up Sue. Sue arrive shortly after noon and we stocked up on supplies and got underway to head to Still Pond. It was a good slow sail most of the way. We motored the last bit to charge the batteries and get an anchor location before dock. Anchoring went very well as we stuck the first time. Dinner was grilled burger, corn on the cob and cucumber salad. We relaxed topside and finally went to bed around 10:30.
Still Pond: Up at 7 to make coffee. We sat in the cockpit watching nature and finally had sausage and eggs for breakfast. We cleaned up and then deployed the dinghy to check out the new oars. They worked quite well! We then deployed the motor and took a 'stroll' around Churn Creek and Still Pond Creek. We used our new hand held depth finder and we checked out the entrances to both creeks. We returned to The Office for some lunch and our first swim call. The water was quite refreshing as it was very warm. After a brief swim we relaxed in the cockpit enjoying the warm air. Dinner was grilled chicken, salad, and potato salad We watched a party of girls in one of the houses on land until it was time for bed. We used the dinghy for 1:20 and 3.5 miles. We ran the engine a bit to ensure we had battery power through the night.
Still Pond to Rock Hall Landing: Up to another beautiful sunny warm morning. We had coffee watching our neighbors get underway and the party at the house. Then cereal for breakfast along with a banana. Then we recovered the engine without incident and set the dinghy up for towing. We hauled the anchor which was packed with mud - indicating we were very well anchored for the two days. We headed out of Still Pond and sailed across over to the 'yellow line' when I tacked down the bay with a NNW wind. We had the tide and wind with us for quite a while and we were moving along a 7-8 knots. Then, right after lunch the wind changed direction and died down so we motored the remaining distance to our favorite marina - Rock Hall Landing. We docked at D dock and caught up with Chris and Joe. We went swimming in the pool - quite refreshing as well and there were only a few kids there. Dinner was at Waterman's Crab House where we had items off of the menu as they only had small and medium crabs. We returned to the boat, relaxed topside watching the sunset and finally retired for the evening.
Rock Hall Landing to Dobbins Island on The Magothy: Up around 8 after a calm night. We had bacon and eggs for breakfast, filled the water tanks and hosed down the boat. Winds were blowing us off the dock so we doubled up the bow and stern lines and easily left the docks. We motored out of the harbor watching the water levels past greed 5 and then out into the river. Once out, the wind was on the port side so we raised the sails and we were on our way in cool (over 20 degrees less than the day before) overcast calm seas. Once past green 3 I turned west and we were on a broad reach across to the Magothy where I jibbed the main and sailed wing on wing into the river. The rain started so I prepped the anchor as we motored up to the anchorage behind Dobbins Island. We dropped almost 70' of chain from the helm using the new controls with the new anchor. We held very well do called it a day. Dinner was grilled salmon with cucumber salad and rice pilaf. Then we chatted and eventually went to bed around 11:30.
Dobbins Island to Bodkin Creek: Up early to get started with coffee and breakfast. Power consumption averaged about 4.3 ah. It was cool overnight and in the morning with overcast skies. We had frozen waffles cooked in the frying pan. We cleaned up down below and began the process to deploy the dingy engine. Finally all was ready and we took a short 1 hou cruise around Dobbins Island and Gray's Creek. We recovered the dinghy engine and broke the pole by going too fast and it locked up. We recovered the dinghy by hand and while it worked, it was a bit slower. We finally got underway after the anchor dug up many shells. We motored out of the river and then sailed all the way into Bodkin Creek. Then I hauled in the sails and I was using the power winch and pulled the furling line out of the furler. I had to fix that after we docked along side Margarettaville. Then we had a nice visit with Ralph and Margaret. We had great burgers and then viewed the moon through the telescope. Bedtime was 10:30
Bodkin Creek to Parkside: Up to a very brief rain and made coffee and had a quick breakfast before getting underway. There was no wind so I just untied myboat from Ralph's and we got underway. Since we were in a bit of a hurry and there was very little wind we motored all the way home. We visited the pumpout on the way in and had a good docking. We cleaned up and headed home.
Days: 8 Days to date: 14
Miles: 102.75 Miles to date:185.9