Okay, I am completely gullible. I TOTALLY believed the story of Gilbert catching the 12 crabs! Jorge was a bit skeptical but I think in the end he believed it as well. Turns out a crabbing boat pulled into the area Gilbert and Diana were in and they got the crabs from the fishermen! Gil also told us he caught a catfish. Hmmmm, to believe or not to believe. Who cares, they can fool me anytime they like provided they continue to share the "catch"!

Jorge put on his mechanic's hat today and checked the fluid levels in the engine and put on a new anode when he discovered a wire that had shorted and needed to be repaired sooooo in order to resolve that problem he had to tear the boat apart to get to the tools he needed. A 2 minute job turned into a 2 hour one by the time he got out everything he needed, cleaned up and then put the boat back together. Needless to say, the waterline on the port side didn't get done today.

Gil and Diana left our anchorage early in the afternoon. They plan on bay hopping down the eastern shore of the Chesapeake towards the Potomac River and finally into Washington DC. Tomorrow we are going to cross to the western shore and head to Annapolis. We decided to try and get an anchorage before the power boat show which is the weekend prior to the sailboat show. Hopefully we can beat the rush.

We dinghied into town. Jorge went for gasoline and I had it in my head I wanted to make crab cakes so I headed to the grocery store. It was a nice day for a walk, low 20s and sunny.

We arrived back at the boat just before 1700. Lynn and Sally were coming over for drinks and bringing a pizza, which was 100 times better than the frozen one I cooked earlier in the week. I made the crab cakes and everyone agreed they turned out fine (not sure how truthful they were). We had a good visit and in the end Lynn and Sally decided to sail to Annapolis as well tomorrow so we will be leaving Rock Hall around 0900. Winds are supposed to be very light, 5 knots, so it might be a motor to Annapolis!