Rock Hall Landing Marina - at their dock

Hoolie says Hi! He's very patient when he travels - but watch out when he's on land, a hundred miles an hour!

We had intended stopping at Chesapeake City but with the following tide, we arrived there at 11:30 which was too early to stop. So we soldiered on and wound up at Rock Hall by 5:00 pm. The last time we were there was on our first trip down the ICW, eight years ago. Even so, the dockmaster remembered our boat and was there waiting for us to arrive shortly after closing time.

It was a long trip from Cohansey Island to Rock Hall but the winds were less than 10 kts out of the south and the water was mostly flat although it did pipe up to 10 to 15 kts for awhile (the weatherman can never seem to get everything right...) We did not have a calm night at Cohansey Island since the wind shifted out of the west to northwest instead of the predicted southwest and the rollers came right into the anchorage making for a rocky night. We should have anchored farther in to be better protected and suffered the increased depth (25 to 40 ft) for a better night.

From Rock Hall. People gathered to watch the sunset, a local tradition

Friday is predicted to be a good day for what that's worth (I'm getting more and more wary of these predictions) and so we plan on taking another long day for the 50 Nm trip down to Solomons where we will anchor by the Holiday Inn. Saturday and Sunday do not appear to be good for going south on the Chesapeake with a 10 to 15 kt wind out of the south with gusts up to 20 kts. I want the wind behind me at least, so we will waiting for better weather at Solomons.

We have reservations at Downtown Hampton Public Piers marina for Monday through Wednesday but it's starting to look iffy due to the weather forecast. The marina is hosting the Snowbird Rally starting Thursday so if we miss the window, we'll have to find somewhere else to dock in Hampton.

Tonight, at least, we expect a calm evening, unlike last night.