June 13, 2017 - June 16, 2017
We left Coinjock by 6:15 on the morning of June 13. We had a long day ahead of us with 14 bridges to pass under and one lock to get through. Six of the bridges were opening bridges that followed a specific schedule and can slow you down significantly if you don’t reach them at the right time. Our timing was outstanding that day and we made it through the final bridge in Norfolk, VA by 2 pm. Consequently we decided to continue on to Mobjack Bay which is about 20 miles up the Chesapeake By on the Western Shore. After 12.5 hours on the move we were exhausted by the time we anchored. The next day was another long day with 80 miles to travel to our anchorage in Solomons Island, MD. Most of the day was an easy motoring trip except we were going slower than would be expected. Could it be a crab trap caught on the rudder? I got in the water and checked all-around the rudder and propeller and couldn’t find any evidence of any crab traps so Bob concluded it must be the tidal current. We dodged a thunder storm in the late afternoon and anchored at about 7 pm…13 hours after we had hauled anchor that morning. Our anchorage in Solomons was terrific with hardly any boat motion and a nice breeze to keep us cool.
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| You can see what a great help to navigation the cats have been during our trip. This is how they look most of the day. |
The next two days were much easier with 43 miles to Galesville to get an estimate on the repair of the damage the loose anchors did to the bow and then 35 miles to Baltimore. It was great to be in familiar waters and to visit familiar places. We ate dinner at Pirate’s Cove in Galesville, traveled under the great Bay Bridge, and returned to our condo slip in Baltimore.
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| We passed numerous light houses on our trip up the bay. This is the Wolf Trap Light house in Northern Virginia. |
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