SUNDAY AUGUST 8TH

The day starting with having to say good-bye to Deone and Mark when their cab came to the marina in St. Michael to pick them up.

Lots of crazy boat traffic since it was a weekend. Which also meant lots of folks on the radio crabbing at one another. Some people drive their boats way too fast when passing other boats. Either they are oblivious to the wake they are creating, or just don’t care. Several times during the day this happened to us. Ross did his best to cross through their wake and lessen the impact on the Oddysea. We still had lamps and other objects inside knocked over.

We traveled from St. Michaels across the Chesapeake Bay to Annapolis, Maryland. It was a day with good wind so there were sailboats everywhere. Some had colorful spinnakers.

We passed the Thomas Point Shoal lighthouse just outside of Annapolis. It is the last screwpile lighthouse in its original location. Supposedly it’s still in good condition and they operate tours out to it several times during the summer.

We are hoping to spend several days at Annapolis. The city operates a mooring field in harbor. The white buoys are all mooring balls. You drive up to one and snag the rope that’s attached to it with your boat hook. They are anchored to the bottom so you are very secure.

Hooking the rope is my job. What I wasn’t prepared for was how slimy the rope was when I had to grab it with my hands and hook it over our boat cleat! It costs only $30 bucks a night. You call a phone number and put it on a credit card. Much easier on the pocketbook than the $4 per foot we had to pay at the marina in St. Michael.

We are in site of the chapel dome at the Naval Academy. Our plan is to tour the Academy first thing in the morning.