Fleet 10, Day 3

The Maryland Dove, replica of a
late 17th-century trading ship,
built at the CBMM shipyard.

June 20, 2022

From Captain Sean:

Chesapeake Day 3:  Last night I notice that the bilge was running way too often, about once per minute.  I held the float switch down and could confirm that water was actually coming into the bilge. We checked around the water pump and heater, the sinks, and they were all dry. I checked around the prop shaft packing and saw a tiny stream coming from above that. It looked like from the exhaust muffler. Allen Murphy  said that the water was too clean to be from the muffler, that it would be rusty.  Then I had a possible cause that I couldn't confirm until morning. I turned off the main fresh water valve from the tank and within a couple minutes the bilge pump stopped.  It ended up being my user error from not completely shutting off the swim deck shower. It was trickling down the hose, into the stern and working its way to the bilge. This trip has now thrown us two soft ball (and free) problems, so we are being extra vigilant for an iceberg on the horizon.  

You can just see the wing tips of the cownose ray in the above video.

From our anchorage in the Wye River at the mouth of Granary Creek we saw what we think is a cownose ray.  We had seen several in this area, but I got some video of this one.  

Entrance to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum,
St. Michaels, MD.

After a pancake breakfast we motored out of the Wye.  In sight of the Bennett Point light we thought we could sail, but after unfurling the main and registering a speed of 0.0, we wrapped up the main and motored the short distance to St. Michaels.  Aside from the lack of wind it was a beautiful day.  We arrived by 2p, so after getting cleaned up, we had plenty of time to check out the town. 

The Hooper Strait Lighthouse, and the
Winnie Estelle, major displays at the CBMM.

We got ice cream, went to the maritime museum, caught the tail end of the wine tasting at Simpatico, and had dinner with the LASC crew at Blu Miles restaurant.

Just before departure from Granary Creek.

A Fresnel lens on display at the CBMM.
This design enabled kerosene lamps to
be seen miles away at sea.

Several members of the Lake Arthur Sailing Club shared 
dinner together at the Blu Miles restaurant. 

A beautiful evening in the harbor at St. Michaels.

Our route from
the Wye River to St. Michaels.