Chesapeake Bay past Annapolis

Still Pond, MD
N 39 12.927 W 076 08.499

Nature was kind to us today. We had great wind (and the last wind for the next 5 days according to the forecasts).

We left LaTrappe Creek (our favorite anchorage) around 08:00. By 11:00 we were through Knapp Narrows. By 13:00 we were flying past Annapolis. There were lots of sailboats out for this fine Sunday. Annapolis sailors are admirable. I think they sail more and leave their boats at the dock less than just about any place I know. Annapolis sailors also own many very beautiful boats and they sail them very well. We were treated to a fine show today.

We arrived here at Still Pond (our second favorite anchorage) around 19:00. That was a very fast passage for those 55 nautical miles (102 Km). Actually, we got here only in the nick of time. About 3 miles out we heard a warning from the Coast Guard on the VHF. "Seek shelter immediately," it said, "there is a severe thunderstorm over Baltimore and heading your way at 23 miles per hour." Boy those things sound scary. The sky did look pretty ugly to the west, so we hurried in here to the anchorage
under sail and motor. Now that we're securely anchored, it appears that the storm is going to miss us.

Still Pond is the place that we took David and Bobby to 2 years ago. Come to think of it, there was a big thunderstorm that passed over us on that day too. Anyhow, Dave now you know exactly where we are. According to the GPS, we are 240 feet from where we anchored when you were here.

We're controlling our fridge manually. On hour on, four hours off. Last night I happened to wake up about the right time to cycle it at 04:00. Don't know who (if either of us) will do that tonight.