Mo and I left Walter and Bill on the dock at 6:45 this morning. We had to travel 10 miles out the Mobjack Bay just to get back on the Chesapeake Bay (one hours cruise). We got to see the sunrise from the pilot house, pretty cool.
After reaching the Bay we travelled 95 miles up the Chesapeake and arrived at Herring Harbor Marina South at 6:00. Unfortunately the dock hands quit at 5:00. That means Mo and I have to dock the boat without someone to catch lines. Mo absolutely cannot leap from the boat so I can toss a line. Fortunately the dock master said we could tie up at the fuel dock and there were lines coiled on top of the poles. All I had to do was slide the boat up to within inches of the dock and bring the boat to a complete stop so Mo could grab a bow line and I could scramble to grab a stern line, then secure both. We were successful on our first attempt.
We now have 60 miles of Chesapeake Bay left to travel and only another 12 miles on the C&D Canal to reach the upper end of the Delaware Bay. Piece of cake.
We cheated and had dinner at the Marina restaurant tonight, long day. I told Mo I would do the dishes tonight.
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| Handing off the ships responsibility. |
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| We were on the water cruising as the sun arrived. |
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| Sunrise through the binoc's. |
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| The bow slicing the water at a blazing 11 MPH. |
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| 44,000 lbs makes a BIG wake . |
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| And leaves a wide trail. |
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| This why we waited the storm out. |
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| HOLY COW, their sending the big rigs after us. |
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| Mo, ready to hook a dock line. |
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| For the girls |
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