Chestertown to Stony Creek

Sunday, 9-27-09

It rained all night, but quit about 9:30 this morning.  We walked the streets of Chestertown to look at all the old homes etc.  Ate an early lunch at Play it Again Sam's. 

We were listening to the unpredictable NOAA weather people again, and they said that Monday and Tuesday would be very windy.  Southwest winds (right up the bay) at 15-20 with higher gusts.  We are meeting two other boats like ours in Baltimore on Tuesday, so we wanted to get across the bay before the big blow.  Not too bad today other than dodging a little rain.

On the way out the Chester River, we passed a little marina with a boat bar.  The boat under the tent in this photo serves as their bar.  Back in the old days, I think I might have seen boat bars before--but they were sailboats.

As we came out the river, just north of Kent Island, there was a small helicopter buzzing around some boats.  I couldn't tell what was going on, but soon, he headed for us.  Naturally, I loosened my belt, and got into position to moon them.

As they came closer, I could see what the deal was.  You can read it on the side of their float.

They fly around, taking photos of boats, and then sell them to the boat owners.  I'm not sure if they'll publish mine online or not, butt ........it should be a good one.

The people we're meeting in Baltimore are two of the boats that went to the Lake Champlain Rendezvous.  "Grey Goose" from Delaware, and "Hawkeye" from Virginia.  I hope they are not discouraged by the NOAA forecast. 

We were expecting west winds 10 to 15 overnight, so we went a ways up Stony Creek to be sure we were sheltered.  Here's a photo of the sunrise Monday morning.

The overnight winds were 0.0 gusting to 0.25.

We may go on into Baltimore today to tour the harbor, and maybe tie up at the city docks.

T