As soon as the coffee was done percolating on the stovetop, we pulled the mooring lines and were on our way from Annapolis to Chesapeake City, Del.
Winds were North 13 knots when we left. SOG was 6 knots and SOW was 6.3 at 3000 rpms. We went under the William P. Lane Jr. Memorial Bridges...really neat.
It's so cold and damp today. It's overcast and dreary. We pulled out the main sail and increased SOG to 6.4 and SOW to 7 knots.Wayne called to say they saw Steve Pressman on his blue hull powerboat and he was heading our way. He and Amy used to be at Viking on "A" dock with us. We saw a boat that we thought was him in a distance, but weren't sure and didn't know his new boat name to hail him.
Winds decreased to only 6 knots when the tide and our direction changed. So the sails were put away and we were motoring the rest of the way.
Our friends, Fred and Betty Luderitz, from Newark, Del., live about 20 minutes from here. They are meeting us for dinner. We're taking them out because we missed Fred's 80th birthday party while we were gone.
Only two more travel days to home port. Tomorrow we'll brave the Delaware River and Bay to Cape May, NJ!
More photos of the area:
Glad to see you both are almost home. We will be out this weekend with the boat and staying on the boat saturday night. Maybe Meg and I will get to see you guys return. Bad thunderstorm here right now, better turn off the computer. See you all soon.
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