First Day Done

The first thing Richard said when he went onto the deck is "It's like a skating rink out here".  There was a hard frost on the decks and on the docks.  I stepped onto the dock, slid across it and almost went into the water on the other side.

Nonetheless, we had a successful 1st day.  We left our slip at Summit North Marina at 8:30 and headed out into the canal.  I ran the engine gradually up to 2800 rpm to see how it ran.  The next thing we new we were doing 8.8 knots.  I thought I was in a speedboat.  You have to keep pay attention at that speed. 

It took an hour for us to clear the Chesapeake and Delaware canal. We motored throughout the rivers that feed the Chesapeake and encountered some large barges and dredges along the way, keeping well clear.

Once in the Chesapeake we found very light winds, never exceeding 6 knots and we continued motoring the rest of the day.  By 1:30 we were at the entrance to Baltimore harbor. 

We kept discussing how far we would go today but in the end decided that we wouldn't push it and we tied up at the Annapolis Yacht Club.

Tomorrow morning we will get fuel and head off for an early start.