Sunday, September 27, 2020

Sailing South aboard Lucy III: 2020-2021 (Day 24)

Rock Hall,  Maryland: North Point Marina:  September 27, 2020

Marc-  Today we departed Chesapeake City at 08:20 to take advantage of the tidal currents in Chesapeake Bay.  It worked out very well for the first five hours averaging 7 knots.  The last hour we slowed down to 5.5 knots.  Rock Hall offers many marina options, very limited anchorage, and even free public dockage with free electric.  We looked into all of them and decided on a marina after Michael took his tugboat over to the public docks and reported 4.5 to 6.5 feet of water on a falling tide.  This was too close for comfort and the anchorage also appeared rather shallow.  Our marina pick was fine and within walking distance of downtown and the excellent seafood restaurants.  We chose Waterman's Restaurant for dinner and enjoyed fried oysters.  Oysters are a specialty here as well as crabs.  We ate dinner outside right on the waterfront watching the fisherman arrive from the Bay.  


Twin tugs in the C&D canal


View of Lucy III from Fiddler's Green



Maryland sunshine at North Point Marina


Oysterman statue


Oyster shell sidewalk





A patriotic ice cream stand


Fall is here






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