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Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013:

We stayed in Turner Creek off the Sassafras River for a second night, waiting out the storm. We saw gusts in the high 30s at times, but we’ve seen worse, so it wasn’t bad. The phone signal there was terrible, but it was a nice little anchorage.

Chuck hauled the anchors and kellet around 7:45 or so and we left the anchorage around 8 a.m. with cloudy skies and cool temps, low 60s, I believe. Winds were NE at 12-14 knots with gusts to 23 in the Chesapeake. We motor sailed all day with a following sea. Seas started out at 2-3 feet, but increased to 3-5 ft. Not very pleasant, but tolerable.

We saw lots of powerboats leaving the powerboat show. They are setting up for the sailboat show now, which starts on Thursday.

Our SOG was 6.8 knots for a good part of the day. I made hot chocolate to take off the chill. We went under the Bay Bridge around 2 p.m.  Then seas were calm, so I went downstairs to make lunch, turkey, cheddar, LT and mayo. We looked for a mooring in Weems Creek, but they were all full. The tide was too low to get into Luce Creek, where the second set of navy mooring balls are. 

Hooking the Navy mooring ball in Clements Creek.

Adding diesel fuel to the tank on Sunday night in the anchorage.

We hooked on U.S. Navy mooring #6 in Clements Creek around 4 p.m., and took hot showers while the motor was still running. Boy, did they feel good! 

Tomorrow, we have a dock waiting for us with friends in Eastport, where we expect to be for 4 nights. We’ll go to the boat show from there.

Tonight’s dinner is Caesar salad, ravioli and sweet Italian sausage. Last night, we had petite filet mignon, Caesar salad and home-fried potatoes. I need to get to land to get some exercise!