We used the days in Baltimore to complete needed maintenance. Only issue on the entire trip was a drip in a plastic connector fitting on the hot water heater on the last day. I took it apart and cleaned the threads and reinsta…
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Day 36 Rock Hall to Baltimore (Fells Point)
We only had 25 miles to go to Baltimore across the Chesapeake Bay from Rock Hall so we bicycled around Rock Hall before heading out at 1100. Beautiful day with light winds. Usually we try not to travel on weekends, especially Sunday but w…
Day 34, 35 Rock Hall, Md
We had a final bike ride around St. Michaels before departing the dock at 0900. WE arrived in Rock Hall, MD shortly after Noon for the short cruise of 27 miles. We stayed at Haven Harbour Marina Link to Haven Harbour Website\
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Day 33 St Michaels and Oxford, MD
We enjoyed the second day in St Michaels. I checked out the new exhibits at the museum and went for a long bike ride around St Michaels. After about 4 miles I decided to turn around and head for the Oxford Bellevue ferry about 11 mi…
Day 32 Annapolis to St. Michaels
We enjoyed a walk around Annapolis this morning as we planned a late departure, 1100, the time they kick you out. Our next stop, st Michaels is across the bay but only a 27 mile run. A beautiful day had unfolded, light winds high in the 7…
Day 31 Solomons Island to Annapolis
We departed Solomons Island at 0800, as we only had 52 miles to travel today. Small craft advisory was still in effect until 2PM but winds had eased to 10-15 knots with gusts to 20, a slight improvement over yesterday. Total miles to date…
Day 29 Portsmouth to Tides Inn, VA
We departed Portsmouth, VA (not Ohio!) at 740. We had to go through a long no wake zone by all the Navy Yards, we entered the bay and headed north at 20 knots. We tied up at the Tides Inn at 1230. Total miles today 67, to date 1292. &n…
Day 28 Lay Day Portsmouth/Norfolk
We took a lay day on Saturday to catch up on laundry and to re-provision at a local grocery and to visit Portsmouth and Norfolk.
Our marina was on the Elizabeth River which is a major port. A ship passed by at cocktail time.
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Day 27 Coinjock, NC to Portsmouth, VA
We departed Coinjock at 730. Storms were predicted for the afternoon so I wanted to arrive by early afternoon. Only 50 miles from Portsmouth but we had to pass through many bridges that opened on a schedule and we ha…
