Cast off Rock Hall at 8:00, clear and calm. Motor past stacks of crab pots on boats and along shore as crabbers bring in their gear for the season.
Out of the harbor 8:05, raise full sail. More wind than forecast coming out of the northwest. Making 3.4 and rolling in swells on the starboard beam.
9:25 jibe to the southeast towards Eastern Neck. 9:50 jibe to Southeast towards Kent Island. 10:30 Jibe, 10:45 jibe.
12:00 slip past Hail Point, lighter wind and on the stern. Making 2.0 wing and wing.
Pleasant sail with Queenstown Creek dead ahead. Warm and sunny.
1:10 a final jib just inside Queenstown Creek entrance. Sail until the creek narrows, round up and bring down the sail.
Tie up at the town dock, a sign says "two hour limit" but I can't imagine there is anyone around to enforce it.
Make the short walk up to Queenstown Pizza for a burger and fries, then stop at an ATM for some cash.
(worth turning up the volume for the video above)
Cast off from the dock 2:50, motor back up Queenstown Creek and continue past the entrance channel, past the anchorage for larger boats and past Salthouse Cove. Anchor down Ditchers Creek at 3:10.
16.70 NM
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