This is a short video of our very quiet day from Baltimore to Annapolis. It was warm and beautiful, no waves and unfortunately not enough wind to make it under our own steam so we motorsailed. Today as we left Solomons Island to make a 55-mile run to Deltaville, we became increasingly concerned about the wind and waves. At the mouth of the Patutexent River the bay started to swell and the wind was stronger than predicted and more south than southwest. We carried on, bashing our bow into the wind, rolled out a scrap of sail and decided, rather uncharacteristically, to turn back.
The wind was forecasted to build rather than subside and tomorrow's forecast is for about the same strength but out of the northwest, giving us great conditions for a run down the coast.
We were anxious to get to Hampton tomorrow, but we're fair weather sailors now with kids aboard who were not keen on pushing on - and after all this is not a survival test, this is supposed to be fun.
So, we'll get to Deltaville tomorrow and plug on from there. It was cold today, first time I've worn mittens and it's time to push south.
2 comments:
Lisa!!! So good to hear your voice! Looks like things are flying. Congrats lady. Hope you're enjoying it.
xoN
Hey Lisa! Just checking into your blog! glad to hear you had a good visit with Scott's parents. All is well here. Seth is officially taller than me now (!!!) and we just celebrated E's b'day. The boys (Seth, Nathan and Justin) really missed Aidan at Pumpkinfest! Paul says Reg is working hard in his class. He enjoyed your dad at "Meet the Creature" night - said he asked great questions!!! Good to hear he's in good hands. Looking forward to reading more -- happy sailing!
A.
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