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| Dawn, looking north up the Chester River |
June 25, 2022
From Captain Sean:
Chesapeake Day 8: We had a record departure time for a South Paw or Hakuna Matata crew by getting underway before 0530.
We were up around 0430 to watch the planetary parade of five planets and the moon all line up in the sky. Planetary alignment of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, plus the moon. We couldn't see mercury in the sunrise. We probably needed to be up earlier. It was cool to see them lined up with the naked eye.
We had the longest route of the trip of over 35 nm (7+ hours) and Anita Miller was headed to Port Annapolis for the weekend.
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| A beautiful morning, the deer were feeding along the shoreline. |
We motored the first couple still hours out of the Chester River and then started sailing as we turned northwest passing the northern end of Kent Narrows.
Sailing on a deep reach between Kent Narrows and Love Point.
Once we got close hauled after rounding Love Point we started out pointing at the Baltimore light, but the wind kept lifting, helping us to point near the western base of the Bay Bridge.
It was a great day to sail!
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| Captain Sean steers South Paw towards Annapolis. |
As we neared Annapolis, the bay was littered with sailboats enjoying the nice day and Regatta racing.
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| South Paw heads into Port Annapolis, her home marina. |
We made it back to home port around 1440.
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| The official crew photo after a terrific and successful cruise! John, Murph, Cameron, Captain Sean, Wes. |
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| Our route from Chestertown to Annapolis. |
John headed home for Cape Cod and Murph went to catch up with some Eastport friends. Anita, Cameron, Wesley and I swam, got cleaned up, and had a nice dinner at Carol's Creek Cafe.
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| Our wake carved through the Chesapeake over the entire cruise. |
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