2015 Summer Cruise: Planning

--Blogpost written by Bob

We saw our first sea nettles of the summer in the West River this week.  The presence of sea nettles generally means the end of swimming in the bay.  So, we switched our upcoming two-week sailing trip from going south to heading north.  Our northernmost destination will be Still Pond on the Eastern Shore.  

We are also experiencing some refrigeration problems which may cause changing the start date of our upcoming 2-week sailing trip.  This means our plan must be very flexible.

The red line on this chart shows the possible destinations 
but not in any particular order.

We're planning on six nights at anchor and nine nights in marinas.  The prevailing winds on the Chesapeake Bay are southwesterly.  I hope we can do a lot of sailing on this trip.

An afternoon thunderstorm approaches the marina as we plan our sailing trip.

Like any sailing trip, plans are always subject to change due to the wind direction, the weather conditions, or possibly because we're simply having way too much fun in one place and want to stay longer.

Our Very Flexible Itinerary

Anchorage in Whitehall Bay

Mooring buoy in Rock Hall (maybe 2 nights)

Anchorage in Chester River

Saturday, July 4: Slip in Baltimore

Slip in Baltimore 2 or 3 other days

Anchorage in Still Pond (maybe 2 nights)

Anchorage in Magothy River

Anchorage in Harness Creek off South 

Slip in Oxford

Anchorage in LaTrappe Creek off Choptank River

Return to Galesville

Captain Jack sleeping on the latest issue of Cruising Outpost.

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