CODA : Moving on up Chesapeake: Blue skies and fair seas.
29 April 2025
Calvert Marine Museum anchorage, Solomons, Virginia
Drum Point Lighthouse now part of the Calvert Marine museum along with a variety of traditional wooden boats historically made in the Chesapeake Bay area.
Marc- Excellent travel day today covering 58 miles motoring, motor-sailing and finally sailing. The Bay winds were 10-15 knots out of the south and the seas built to 4 feet, when we crossed the mouth of the Potomac River, before dropping to 1 foot near the Patuxent River Naval Air Station. We found an excellent place to anchor Coda near the museum that had a free dock.
Rather strange looking lighthouse at the mouth of the Potomac River.
We were able to figure out that the "kill switch" on the Yamaha outboard was acting up causing the engine to fail to start. I just checked and tightened the wire connections and the outboard roared to life. Tomorrow we move on to Annapolis.
This area is famous for its blue crabs. There are thousands of crab traps out on the Bay and fortunately we avoided them.
These striped fish are common here in the Bay.
This lady was born in the Drum Point Lighthouse. We took the very interesting tour. The US Coast Guard preferred to hire Men with families for Lighthouse Keeper since they only had to pay for the Keeper while the wife and the kids worked for free. The location of Drum Point Lighthouse next to shore and on a beautiful beach made for a very interesting place to live. Lighthouse Keepers on Chesapeake Bay were also required to do search and rescue of sailors in distress.
View of Coda from the first floor of the Lighthouse.
2 comments:
Screw Annapolis. Pull into Baltimore. Check out the USS Constitution and the National Aquarium.
I am waiting to visit Baltimore with its favorite son Will Patten.
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