Deale, Maryland: Harrington North Marina: September 30, 2020
Marc- It was much cooler this morning than the past few days of summer weather. We made a good start with dropping the mooring line and going through the Spa Creek bridge at 07:30. As soon as we left the mooring field we raised the genoa and sailed doing 6.5 knots with a West wind. Unfortunately the forecasted West wind of 10-12 knots became Southwest wind of 15 to 20 knots. You guessed it, we are heading Southwest. After two hours of being beat up and getting salt spray all over the boat we headed for Herring Bay and eventually made our way to Herrington Harbor North. Apparently most transients go to Herrington Harbor South by the Point. We were warmly welcomed and given a first rate slip on a floating dock.
Our electrical starting issue continued to perplex us when we moved to our assigned slip from the arrival dock. Luckily Mindy Donnelly advised to replace the starter switch and there was a West Marine store right on the Marina grounds. This is quite a place with all sorts of marine tradesmen based here. They had 5 Travel Lifts going at once. There must be at least 2000 boats here and a majority are sailboats. The facilities are extravagant with a pool, gym, multiple single bath/shower rooms and several very nice boater lounge areas. I replaced the starter switch after lunch and the engine started immediately (a good sign but not a guarantee of a cure). We joined Michael in one of the boater lounges for pizza and baseball.
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