day seven

Dawn comes with clear skies and a crisp SW wind.  The nicest morning of the trip, also the last morning of the trip.  Today's forecast is for clear skies (finally) and a nice breeze.  Tomorrow calls for high winds and rain.  It is a good day to get back to the ramp.  

I sail off anchor at 7:30, leaving the cove under mizzen and jib.  Out on the Little Annemessex River I raise the full main.  Crisfield is just a couple of miles to the NE.  The breeze carries me past Long Point where I turn towards the condos on the horizon, the wind just right for sailing wing and wing.

A few deadrises are motoring about the river, some headed towards Smith Islands and others on their way to crab pots in the shallows on either side of the Annemessex.  A workboat crosses my bow just outside the narrow entrance to Somers Cove.  I notice a man in a skiff pushing a small barge towards Somers Cove as I head wing and wing between the condo to port and the crab house to starboard.  Had I seen him earlier I would have rounded up and let him go through first.  As it is he idles behind Spartina while we catch winds swirling between the buildings.  Once through the entrance I turn off to starboard to let him motor past me.  Then I head for the dock.  We tie up just after 8 a.m.

steve

For the trip....

distance sailed                141 nautical miles, 162 statute miles

moving time                    46 hours

moving average               3.1 knots