No alarm this morning but Jorge was up at 0820 to a foggy morning (the outside environment not his brain!). He checked the weather and it was going to deteriorate today, small craft warning in effect. Funny, I just made a comment to our daughter about how blessed we have been with the weather. The winds were supposed to pick up and we were in for rain, possibly even TS. We talked to Gil and Diana via phone. Jorge and I had intentions to leave the anchorage earlier rather than later and head for the Sassafras River. We wanted to reach Georgetown before the bad weather set in. Gilbert and Diana had different plans so, for really the first time since beginning our trip, we headed out at different times and to different places.

We motored down the Chesapeake after unsuccessfully trying to sail. The wind was basically on the nose (why does that happen so often?). When we did sail, the wind direction took us off our course and into the crab pots again, so we motored to the entrance of the Sassafras River. There we were able to sail the 11.5 miles to Georgetown with gusts between 16 and 18 kts. Yesterday I said we were going to do a short day only 10 miles. Well I was partially right, 10 miles to the Sassafras River but 11.5 miles up the river to Georgetown. Slight misjudgment!

Boat race.

We arrived in Georgetown around 1400 and took a mooring ball. $1 per foot per night, but buy two nights and the third was free. Sounded like a good deal to us so we took it. Water taxi shuttle picked us up at our boat and took us to the dock where we had nice hot showers in very clean washrooms. Laundry on site, bikes to use to go to town (1.5 miles), a pool and kayaks and pedal boats to use.

Georgetown Yacht Basin.

We met up with a very nice couple from Rhode Island who we met in Atlantic Highlands and had happy hour(s) on their boat. While there, the rain started and boy did it rain! We borrowed their rain gear for the taxi shuttle ride back to CS'ta Time to spare us getting another shower. Luckily this time we had the foresight to close all the hatches and portholes before we left so the inside of the boat remained nice and dry.

Our next door neighbour in the mooring field, looks like some kind of bug but was really a big cat!



From what we have seen so far, here in the Chesapeake there are many, many anchorages and it is extremely pretty. I think we are going to really enjoy this bay!