We drift off anchor just after 7:00. "Drift" because we are tucked in close to the trees that shadow us from the wind. I sweep the tiller back and forth, the rudder nudging Spartina out to where the wind can touch the double-reefed main.
Out of the cove into the main anchorage and onto the the creek, the sun comes over the trees. A deadrise is already working a trotline, a second deadrise rigged for oystering is headed towards the Choptank. A NE wind carries us down the creek past the stout channel entrance markers, 5.5 kts to Cambridge. Past Howell Point wind is on the port beam to Hambrooks Bar, then we fall off with the marina in sight.
Rounding up off the ramp the Choptank is rough. Jib and main down, then mizzen, we motor downwind. Inside the the little breakwater I lean out and catch a cleat with the stern line. Tied up fore and aft I check the gps. The last entry in the notebook: 185 miles, 49.36 hours sailing time. A nice little escape.
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