17 October 2021
Depart: Bohemia Bay Yacht Harbour, Chesapeake City, MD 7:45
Arrive: Patuxent River / Mill Creek Anchorage 6:00
Distance: 70+ nm
Conditions: Sunny; low 60s; Winds gusting to 35 knots; Rough waters on the Chesapeake Bay
Although we were up early as usual, we saw no sunrise today due to the boat being under cover at the marina. I looked but could see nothing!
I am convinced that the boat has gremlins. Almost every day of the voyage thus far we have had a problem. Day one we found the satellite TV stopped working, next we discovered that the holding tank monitor was "wonky". Then the regulators for the batteries went out of wack and had to be reprogrammed. Today, the master chart plotter failed. When Clark went to select a route for our travels, he found all the route data had disappeared from the memory card. It would be nice to have a day where nothing failed.
During Clark's attempt to resolve the missing route data problem, we also lost the chart data. The only thing left was the waypoints. He swapped the memory card from the master to the repeater and got the charts back, but the route data has vanished.
As we traveled, Clark went through the somewhat painful process of creating a new route for the length of the Chesapeake Bay. I made a list of the relative waypoints and then read them back to him as he created the route. We now have one route in our database. Yay!
We had a windy travel day with gusts up to 35 knots. The water on the Chesapeake Bay was rough even with stabilizers. Even so we pushed through to travel for the full day to get as far down the bay as feasible for the day.
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| Lighthouse Getting a Face Lift |
Chesapeake Bay Bridge!
When we finally arrived at the Patuxent River, the sun was already very low in the sky. Clark said he was not sure we would have a view of the sunset due to trees surrounding his planned anchorage. I took a pre-sunset picture as we entered the river.
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| Rays of sun breaking through the clouds |
By the time we navigated the meandering Mill Creek and dropped anchor, the sun was setting. Clark managed to grab a couple of great shots.
18 October 2021
Depart: Mill Creek, MD anchorage 7:45
Arrive: Fort Monroe / Old Point Comfort VA anchorage 6:30
Distance: 92 nm
Conditions: Chilly - low 60s; Gusty winds; Rough seas
With no heat on the boat (when at anchor), I took time to add an electric blanket to warm up our bed for a good night's sleep. That worked to keep us warm and cozy through the night.
I could not see the sunrise, but I did manage to capture some early morning views of our anchorage on Mill Creek.
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| Point No Point Lighthouse |
92 nautical miles and almost 11 hours after leaving our anchorage this morning, we arrived at the Old Point Comfort / Fort Monroe site we selected for tonight's spot to anchor. Having been tossed about on the waves for a good portion of the day, we were glad to drop anchor to rest.
At the anchorage, we could see the full moon on one side of the boat and the sunset on the other.
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| Sun setting behind bridge |
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