The weather finally took a bit of a break so that I could walk to the local library. Yesterday I sailed from Hance Point Creek to where I'm at now in Havre De Grace. The total trip was 16.5 nautical miles which is about 19 regular miles. The total trip only took about 4 hours. It was really windy the boat was heeling to almost 30 degrees. Later I found out that the wind was blowing at about 30 knots. As I neared Havre De Grace the waves started building to between 3 and 4 feet, which was actually pretty fun. I have a lot of confidence in the little cape dory. After docking at my slip I took a walk around the town to see what it was all about.
That night was rough sleeping the wind was blowing so hard that even with no sails up the boat heeled was over making it hard to sleep. For some reason the cockpit drains were not working and the cockpit was filling up from the rain. At around 4 in the morning I had to drain the cockpit water into the bilge and let the pumps pump it back out. Finally at around 6 O'clock the wind and waves died and I was able to get some sleep.
Today I found some time to visit a couple of museums. Ill post pics of those later.
Here are some pictures to update you all on the trip so far:
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My grandparents live on the water in Hampton, VA...let me know if you want the coordinates of the port. They would be pleased to have the admiral as a guest.
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