Chesapeake Bay - Annapolis to Sassafrass River

Hi everyone,

Yesterday we sailed 30nm N from Annapolis to the Sassafrass River.  The river is about 10nm S of the entrance to the Chesapeake and Delaware (C&D) Canal.  Winds were very light but we managed to sail for about half of the passage.  It was a beautiful sunny day.

Overall Track

Arrival Track

Graphs

After leaving Annapolis we sailed under the Bay Bridge.  They're very high so not scary.  Between Annapolis and Baltimore the AIS was reporting over 200 vessels in range.

Under one of the closely-spaced pair of Bay Bridges

Rainbow Cloud (Cloud Iridescence)

We motored several miles up the river, almost to where our friends on sv Ruffian anchored back in 2013.  The shore is heavily wooded with some houses near the banks.

Anchoring gave us our first trial of our new 20kg Manson Supreme with 10mm chain.  We briefly had winds up to 20kt for a short period in the evening.  So far so good.  We use the anchor watch function on our VHF/AIS/DSC Vesper Cortex.  Nice kit.

Anchor Watch display on Vesper Cortex

We've decided to spend two nights here.  Hopefully that will give us better winds on the Delaware River.   Relaxing in a very peaceful spot.

Trust all's well where you are!