Sail off anchor at 8:05. Overcast, some fog and a misting rain. The severe weather forecast for overnight never showed. I wear the drysuit, and there is enough wind to tuck a single reef into the main. I am surprised I did not hear any deadrises at dawn, to me they are the Bay's alarm clock and I convince myself that is why I overslept.
8:20 out of Balls Creek, making 5.3 and we turn downwind. 8:30 rounding Nelson Island Shoal, dolphins swimming nearby. 8:35 jibe towards Knapps Narrows entrance. Doing 4.3 to Tilghman Island with less wind than I expected. 9:30 sails down and motoring through the narrows. I radio the bridge tender to request an opening. He tells me to standby, there is an ambulance on the island and he can't do a lift until it leaves the island. It is only a couple of minutes before he tells me he can make the lift. Through the bridge at 9:35.
Out of the channel and on to Poplar Island Narrows, full sail at 9:50. Tacking north into the wind, 4.4.
10:15 rain. 10:45 light wind. 12:00 making 3.3 towards Bloody Point at the south end of Kent Island. Tack back to the east at 1:00, crossing the mouth of Eastern Bay. 2:20 tack again, can't decide if I want to anchor in Warehouse Creek on Kent Island or Tilghman Creek on Tilghman Island.
Light winds make the decision for me. Motorsailing to round Tilghman Point. 3:50 a light rain falling. 4:05 round Tilghman Point. 4:30 follow the narrow channel into Tilghman Creek. 4:55 anchor down.
28.61 NM
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