After a very quiet night in the marina, we had another early start leaving at sunrise. We headed out to an almost glassy sea and for most of the trip (6.5 hours) we had flat seas and little wind.
So it was another lovely day out on the Chesapeake and again we are absolutely blown away by the size of it. For an awful long time we seem to only have land on one side – the water just seems to go on forever.
CaptionLeaving Solomons Island at dawn
CaptionCrossing from Maryland into Virginia
CaptionTied up at Dozier - Deltaville
CaptionLance on the jetty - looking back at the marina office
We also crossed from Maryland into Virginia.
On our arrival and before heading in to the marina, the conditions were so perfect that we took some time out for me to practice with the controls again. So it was forward, reverse, turn left, turn right, pirouette on the spot, come to a stop etc etc. I’m getting the hang of it but that’s of course with no other boats around! In the marina, with heaps of other boats around it’ll be another story! And who knows what the other boats watching must have thought!! 
Eventually we came in through a very narrow channel and Lance did a great job of bringing us up to the dock. Anyway we are tied up tonight in another lovely marina – Dozier Yacht Cente at Deltaville. It’s a lovely place and we were even able to take a courtesy car into town a couple of miles away. The first car was a 19 something Ford Buick – see photo. I gave up trying to find out how to move the seat forward and was then trying to get it started – an automatic with the shift stick on the steering wheel. Anyway nothing I did could get it started so I thought we must be missing something obvious. Not so – it had a flat battery! So next car was a very old Mercedes station wagon. Well it got us there and back for free. And that’s what counts!
Not sure about tomorrow – windier and more waves. We’ll see in the morning but we could be here for a few days. But it’s a lovely place and very pretty surroundings. The name of the big launch tied up next to us tonight says it all “It could be worse”!
24 October 2011 – Day 2 on the Chesapeake
After a very quiet night in the marina, we had another early start leaving at sunrise. We headed out to an almost glassy sea and for most of the trip (6.5 hours) we had flat seas and little wind.
So it was another lovely day out on the Chesapeake and again we are absolutely blown away by the size of it. For an awful long time we seem to only have land on one side – the water just seems to go on forever.
We also crossed from Maryland into Virginia.
On our arrival and before heading in to the marina, the conditions were so perfect that we took some time out for me to practice with the controls again. So it was forward, reverse, turn left, turn right, pirouette on the spot, come to a stop etc etc. I’m getting the hang of it but that’s of course with no other boats around! In the marina, with heaps of other boats around it’ll be another story! And who knows what the other boats watching must have thought!!
Eventually we came in through a very narrow channel and Lance did a great job of bringing us up to the dock. Anyway we are tied up tonight in another lovely marina – Dozier Yacht Cente at Deltaville. It’s a lovely place and we were even able to take a courtesy car into town a couple of miles away. The first car was a 19 something Ford Buick – see photo. I gave up trying to find out how to move the seat forward and was then trying to get it started – an automatic with the shift stick on the steering wheel. Anyway nothing I did could get it started so I thought we must be missing something obvious. Not so – it had a flat battery! So next car was a very old Mercedes station wagon. Well it got us there and back for free. And that’s what counts!
Not sure about tomorrow – windier and more waves. We’ll see in the morning but we could be here for a few days. But it’s a lovely place and very pretty surroundings. The name of the big launch tied up next to us tonight says it all “It could be worse”!