Sillery Bay

We had a relaxing night last night as it was very calm and quiet, that is until “Blue Max” (our dinghy that we are towing) decided a few times to run into the back of the boat which causes us to gets our attention! If there is a bit of wind and the current is not real strong this does not happen, but when it does, about the only thing I can do is put fenders on the boat and tie the dinghy tight to the mother ship at the front and back. Speaking of “Blue Max”, Heather is not crazy about it, as it is not as stable as an inflatable dinghy. A lot of people say that we will want to switch for an inflatable down south, but I am determined to try it first after spending a winter building the thing! BTW it tows really well, and in weather that I probably shouldn’t have towed it, such as when we were leaving Cape May. As per Heather’s expression it went vertical over a wave and she didn’t think it would land upright, but Blue Max is no ordinary dingy J

After some razzing I decided to shave the beard, Greg and I started the day we left NS, he gave up on it within 3 weeks, I managed for almost 6 weeks but there was too much gray in it…….

We bought a haircutting kit before leaving so that Heather can do my hair. Our first endeavor was not the best. We decided to cut it on the foredeck with me sitting on the dinghy with the thought that the hair would be blown overboard. Well all I can say is 4 weeks later, there is still hair on the deck, it is like magnet and doesn’t wash off as you would think it would. So this time we took out the cushions in the cockpit, put a seat across, then swept up the hair afterwards – a much better solution!

Here is a picture of some range markers that we saw today, one thing about the US navigation system is they make the equipment well. They are used for giving you the proper bearing to follow into channel, but with everyone using chartplotters, smartphones etc, their days will be limited. As you can tell the birds will be disappointed when they go.

See how big and close this ship is to us? This is because I made the bad decision to go across the channel in front of him! I failed to check his speed via AIS (which was 14 knots) and I thought I would have lots of room with the engine on full but it was waaaay to close and will give them a much wider berth from now on! Needless to say Heather was not happy with my decision……..

We left Gunpowder river at 11:00 then arrived in Sillery Bay about 4:00 after both motoring and sailing. We found an anchorage not far from Greg and Debbie. The place was full of power boaters but fortunately most of them were only there for the day and left after a few hours.