The September Nor’easters just kept coming, so we stayed at
our anchorage and enjoyed our time in Deltaville, and let the near gale winds
and high choppy water rage out in the bay. A calm period between systems was finally forecasted, so we
made a break for it and headed straight to Annapolis for an overnight
sail. The winds were forecasted to
be pretty light, so we weren’t expecting much, but we ended up having a dreamy
sail. We kept up 4.5-6 knots of
boat speed all night long under a full moon – what a treat!
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| Thomas Point Light welcomes us to Annapolis |
We came into our slip at the tiny Woodsback Marina on
Tuesday morning. It was the same
slip we had the first time we worked the show back in 2006. Woodsback isn’t a marina in a
traditional sense. It is a 10 slip
dock behind a home in Eastport. It was originally the home of the Annapolis
Sailing Center owned by Kathy and Jerry Woods, the founders of the Annapolis
boat shows. Now, it is owned by
our friend John, former Caliber owner and photographer/businessman/professor
extraordinaire, who generously allowed us to tie up for the show.
Now our nor’easters have returned with oodles of rain and
cool temps, so we are happy to be snug in this little cove off Back Creek. Those storms appear to be here for several
days whether or not Joaquin shows up. We are keeping a close eye on the
weather forecast though, for news of Joaquin and other tropical disturbances. We are spending a few days getting caught up with
laundry/groceries/cleaning/maintenance before we are too busy with the boat
shows – we start work on Sunday, Oct 4.
Rockhopper Anchorages:
37°32.722N 076°20.306W; Deltaville, VA, Jackson Creek south; 23-27Sep15
37°57.985N 076°29.015W;
Woodsback Marina, Eastport; 28Sep15-present
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