CODA Mid-Atlantic 2025 (6).

 CODA : Annapolis: More blue skies and fair seas. 

30 April 2025 

Port Annapolis Marina, Eastport, Annapolis, Maryland  

Thompson Point Lighthouse at the southern entrance to Annapolis Harbor.

Marc- 56 miles today of motorizing in light winds and calm seas.  We encountered several large ships passing at a distance.  There were the usual crab fisherman out and about when we were near shore.  It was a pleasant day.  We passed close by the Thompson Point lighthouse that is very similar to the Lighthouse we toured in Solomons except this one is still in service.  I think this lighthouse is now automated and is still maintained regularly. Our tour guide explained in the earlier years a bell was rung by a wind up mechanism that had to be winded up by hand every two hours when there was fog.  Imagine that the bell rings twice every 6 minutes for as long as there is fog and you need to rewind the mechanism every 2 hours until the fog lifts.  Don't even think about sleeping with that bell ringing.  The new lighthouse sounds a automatic horn twice every 6 minutes when there is fog.

This Liberian cargo ship passed us doing 13 knots.

This Dutch container ship passed us doing 19 knots.

AIS image of the traffic flow in Chesapeake Bay.  The Oldendorff is the rusty old cargo ship.

Taipei Triumph is the 1197 foot Dutch container ship in perfect condition. Coda is just motorsailing along with a few other boats. 

The same ships passing each other.

Crab boat working on the bay.

Another crab boat design.

At the end of the afternoon we docked for free at the Annapolis Marina.  Unfortunately it's in Eastport which is mostly residential.  Fortunately we have a dinghy and all city streets in Annapolis that end on the water have a public dock for tying up.  Now that is considerate.  So we crossed over the harbor to the side that had shops and restaurants. 

 A very nice lady directed us to a neighborhood restaurant where we ate.