Saturday, June 17
Left the marina about 10. Cool morning - temperature was 68 but rose to 80 by the mid afternoon. Winds out of the Northwest - mostly 10 knots or better - some gusts and some times the winds died off slightly before rising again. Only had the Genoa out for the whole sail as we had the winds either on a broad reach or full run. Very comfortable sail. Went from Lankford Bay Marine, down Langford Creek, down the Chester - through Kent Narrows (made the 1:00 bridge opening) and down through prospect bay, eastern bay and into the Wye River. Dropped the hook just past Bordley Point on Wye River East about 3:45. It got a bit hairy in Eastern Bay - larger waves and stronger winds, but all in all a lovely sail. Anchorage was lovely - and even though it was perfect protection - we had the anchorage to ourselves!
Sunday June 18
Spent the day exploring parts of the Wye River- on both a kayak and our new dinghy. Saw Bald Eagles, beautiful blue herons, and even a couple pods of dolphins! After a long morning kayak adventure in both the Wye East River (where we were anchored) and the main Wye River, we inflated our new Zodiac dinghy on the deck and launched it. We found this much, much, much easier than our old Archilles dinghy which was just a monster to put together and almost impossible on the deck! Took a lovely ride down the Wye East river to cap off a day!
Monday, June 19 - Juneteenth
Started up the engine at 8:40 to head back to Lankford Bay Marina. Temperature was 72 degrees - it got up to 85. Barometer was 29.96 and steady. Sunny skies, but hazy and little to no wind! Motored up to Kent Narrows where there was a cluster of boats waiting for an opening. There were a couple of boats that hadn’t bothered calling the bridge tender and either butted in or got in others way. One was a sailboat coming from north, the other a powerboat who evidently didn’t notice the queue of boats waiting to go northbound. Anyway, got through at the 11:00 opening. On the other side of the narrows, wind was starting to build a bit, so we got the asymmetrical up for a while, but the wind was not coming from the south - but instead more like the west so we couldn’t make the turn up the Chester and had to lower the sail. Probably best, because the wind died away again. Got back to the marina and into the slip without issue. Lovely trip!