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Date: Tues, 12 Oct 2021 01:37 GMT
Goodbye and continue south
We said our goodbye's and took our friends to the dock
in the dinghy. Then we decided to get fuel and water etc but the dock was
busy so we opted to continue... Who needs extra fuel? Anyway at about 11am
we headed out of Solomon's Island and turned south toward the Potomac river.
There was (of course) a small craft advisory and it was pretty windy and the
waves were 3-5 feet. It was a long tiring day but lots of fun. The cockpit
stayed amazingly dry though there was quite a bit of wave action on the fore
deck. We rocked quite a bit before we turned south into the following sea
when things mellowed out. The B&G display rebooted in the middle of a turn
and we lost helm for about 30 seconds. It was pretty disturbing and we
ended up broadside to the waves. We had to make a full loop before the helm
was restored. We saw a pretty cool wreck at the mouth of the Potomac and a
large cargo ship called us on the radio after seeing our AIS. We were
trying to hug the starboard side of the channel but he wanted that side and
asked to pass starboard to starboard. there were lots of birds on the water
and pelicans followed us for a while. The food/can drawer opened while
rocking and one small drawer in the V-berth also fell out. Sam and I fixed
it underway and no more problems. We think a can rolled and hit the latch
on the drawer. I was afraid we would be sick but amazingly not. The motion
of this heavy full keel is wonderful slow and easy. When we arrived at the
mouth of the river there were several people anchored right in the bay. We
decided to move up the Mill Creek and anchored in a beautiful little
protected wide spot about 2 bends up in 10 feet of water. There were 4
other boats there but plenty of room. Hannah made grilled cheese sandwitches
and soup and banana bread. We are amazed about how much fuel and water this
boat holds and the generator is wonderful.