Our Last Days in Baltimore
October 13 thru October 16 17
—Blogpost written by Bob
Sunday, October 13
The weather was crisp this morning--it was 68 degrees inside the boat because I didn't change the air conditioner to heating mode last night before I went to bed. Nevertheless it was very comfortable sleeping. (By the way, my Penn State Nittany Lions beat Iowa by a score of 17-12 last night! It was a very close game but Penn State led almost the entire way. They are now 6-0 and share the top spot of the Big 10 East conference with Ohio State.)
We are still on schedule to leave on Thursday--the forecast is for partly sunny skies, temperatures between the low of 48 and a high of 61 with 17 mph wind out of the northwest (against our stern). We will only being going as far as Annapolis on Thursday. Friday we will travel to St. Michaels in similar conditions but the wind is expected drop to 10 mph. There is a possibility that we will wait one day, leaving on Friday and go all the way to St. Michaels or that we will use the strong northwest wind and go all the way to St. Michaels on Thursday. We'll make this decision on Thursday morning.
We just learned that the Alligator River Swing Bridge has made some openings for boat traffic, not on demand as usual, but, a few scheduled openings, several hours apart. We plan to go through this bridge on Wednesday, October 30.
A beautiful Fall day (sunny and cool) awaits us as we lazily got about our morning business.
What "business" you might ask? I don't really know what is in store for us today as I start to wake up.
We ate a light breakfast on board and then did some interior boat cleaning. We went out for lunch (at South of the Border) and then did some more provisioning (mostly things we couldn't find previously (like Hot-n-Spicy V8 Juice). (We'll do some last minute provisioning tomorrow in Annapolis for fresh meats and veggies.)
Our new (stainless steel) dinghy anchor arrived today and I promptly tied it to the (black) anchor rode and stored it in the dinghy. I also added a shock cord tie down to the dinghy's fuel tank--this holds it nicely in the bow while we are towing the dinghy.
It got quite warm (76 degrees) in the afternoon. There was a lot of sunshine and very little breeze. We gathered a lot of things that have been on the boat during the summer (like our toaster and Maggie's sewing machine) that must go to our storage unit for the season.
Schooners of various sizes have come in to P Dock in our marina in preparation for the 30th Annual Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race from Baltimore Maryland to Norfolk Virginia--the race starts tomorrow. While they were at Anchorage Marina in Baltimore, I took the following pictures in the evening.
On our day's agenda was driving to Annapolis for Maggie's doctor's appointment, going to our storage unit for the last time before we leave, stopping by the liquor store, and doing some last minute provisioning of fresh meats and veggies. This was oursecond third to the last day in the Annapolis-Baltimore area.
We got back to the boat at 3 PM and promptly put away the additional provisions we purchased today.
I'm glad we didn't leave today as planned. This morning we experienced the outskirts of the "bomb cyclone" that has heavily impacted New England. A "bomb cyclone" is like a hurricane without the rain--the atmospheric pressures are very low like a hurricane. Some parts of New England experienced 90 mph gusts causing massive power outages while we only experienced >35 mph gusts. The wind is expected to die down tomorrow: 13 mph gusting to 24 mph at 8 AM and 8 mph gusting to 12 mph by 5 PM, all out of the west northwest.
The large schooners that have been in our marina for the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race are still tied to the dock today. Some more schooner pics from this morning:
Stay tuned as we head south tomorrow for the season. Our next blogpost will be "Baltimore to St. Michaels."
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| My new hat purchased at the boat show. |
We are still on schedule to leave on Thursday--the forecast is for partly sunny skies, temperatures between the low of 48 and a high of 61 with 17 mph wind out of the northwest (against our stern). We will only being going as far as Annapolis on Thursday. Friday we will travel to St. Michaels in similar conditions but the wind is expected drop to 10 mph. There is a possibility that we will wait one day, leaving on Friday and go all the way to St. Michaels or that we will use the strong northwest wind and go all the way to St. Michaels on Thursday. We'll make this decision on Thursday morning.
We just learned that the Alligator River Swing Bridge has made some openings for boat traffic, not on demand as usual, but, a few scheduled openings, several hours apart. We plan to go through this bridge on Wednesday, October 30.
Monday, October 14
A beautiful Fall day (sunny and cool) awaits us as we lazily got about our morning business.
What "business" you might ask? I don't really know what is in store for us today as I start to wake up.
We ate a light breakfast on board and then did some interior boat cleaning. We went out for lunch (at South of the Border) and then did some more provisioning (mostly things we couldn't find previously (like Hot-n-Spicy V8 Juice). (We'll do some last minute provisioning tomorrow in Annapolis for fresh meats and veggies.)
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Our new (stainless steel) dinghy anchor arrived today and I promptly tied it to the (black) anchor rode and stored it in the dinghy. I also added a shock cord tie down to the dinghy's fuel tank--this holds it nicely in the bow while we are towing the dinghy.
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It got quite warm (76 degrees) in the afternoon. There was a lot of sunshine and very little breeze. We gathered a lot of things that have been on the boat during the summer (like our toaster and Maggie's sewing machine) that must go to our storage unit for the season.
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Schooners of various sizes have come in to P Dock in our marina in preparation for the 30th Annual Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race from Baltimore Maryland to Norfolk Virginia--the race starts tomorrow. While they were at Anchorage Marina in Baltimore, I took the following pictures in the evening.
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| A reflection of Anchorage Marina and Anchorage Tower in the water. |
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| Head sails stowed for the night. |
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| One of the large schooners in black and white. |
Tuesday, October 15
On our day's agenda was driving to Annapolis for Maggie's doctor's appointment, going to our storage unit for the last time before we leave, stopping by the liquor store, and doing some last minute provisioning of fresh meats and veggies. This was our
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| We bought some nice apples at Diehl's produce stand in Annapolis. (Apples are such a nice treat while underway! We didn't buy all these apples but I did think about it.) |
We got back to the boat at 3 PM and promptly put away the additional provisions we purchased today.
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I’ve been using Apple’s Photos for editing my photographs for the last eight days now and I have found it to be very adequate for my needs. It turns out that I was overly concerned about losing the use of Aperture. All is well now with editing but I need to get more motivated to take more photographs.
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| I used Maggie's nail polish to color code a new lock and its keys. This lock is for the dinghy cable. |
Wednesday, October 16
This morning, I started into my “cruising” attitude by sleeping in a little late (8:30 AM) and then having some rum chata in my late-morning coffee. The sky was overcast and rain was expected for most of the day. Lola was unusually chatty in the morning. (She has such a cute little voice!)
Later in the morning, I got to work calling our insurance company about minimizing our car insurance while our car is in storage, changing our EZ Pass from commuter status to regular use status, and making sure that are slip was available for rent while we are away. Maggie did some last minute laundry.
The rain cleared up at 5:30 PM and the high winds started to blow. The forecast for tomorrow is now 18 mph winds, gusting to above 30 mph for most of the day. As a result, we decided to postpone leaving until Friday morning and go straight to St. Michaels (about 48 nautical miles).
Later in the morning, I got to work calling our insurance company about minimizing our car insurance while our car is in storage, changing our EZ Pass from commuter status to regular use status, and making sure that are slip was available for rent while we are away. Maggie did some last minute laundry.
The rain cleared up at 5:30 PM and the high winds started to blow. The forecast for tomorrow is now 18 mph winds, gusting to above 30 mph for most of the day. As a result, we decided to postpone leaving until Friday morning and go straight to St. Michaels (about 48 nautical miles).
Thursday, October 17
I'm glad we didn't leave today as planned. This morning we experienced the outskirts of the "bomb cyclone" that has heavily impacted New England. A "bomb cyclone" is like a hurricane without the rain--the atmospheric pressures are very low like a hurricane. Some parts of New England experienced 90 mph gusts causing massive power outages while we only experienced >35 mph gusts. The wind is expected to die down tomorrow: 13 mph gusting to 24 mph at 8 AM and 8 mph gusting to 12 mph by 5 PM, all out of the west northwest.
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| Maggie bailed out the dinghy from all the rain we had yesterday. |
The large schooners that have been in our marina for the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race are still tied to the dock today. Some more schooner pics from this morning:
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| I think this was the majestic "Lynx". |
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| This schooner was named "True Love." |
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| Some of the detail on a schooner from Chestertown called "Sultana." |
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| Schooner Libertate was able to fit into a slip on C Dock. |
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| Colorful safety harnesses are drying on the rail of a large schooner. |
Stay tuned as we head south tomorrow for the season. Our next blogpost will be "Baltimore to St. Michaels."
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