Day 397
On Tuesday, 10/12/21, Legacy threw off her lines from Zahnizer’s Marina on Solomon’s Island, MD, bound for Somers Cove Marina, in Crisfield, MD. A shorter travel day in store, we didn’t leave until 9:30 am, heading down the Patuxent River back out into the Chesapeake Bay. Cruising weather conditions were cloudy, with the sun trying to peak through, calm waters, some humidity, and temperatures in the high 60s. I was dressed in long pants, but really didn’t need them.
We passed Fishing Creek, Hoopersville, and Bloodworth Island, MD, to our port, as we cruised southeast across the bay, while St. Mary’s City, MD, was to our starboard. Today’s route had us cruising on the far side of islands in the bay, which would protect us from the unsettling waters in the mouth of the Potomac River this time, which was just fine with me! As I mentioned earlier in this blog, the Potomac River is gigantic and turbulent, which really stirs things up at its confluence with the Chesapeake Bay.
Although our cruise was uneventful, the sun never did appear from behind the clouds, and the winds began blowing enough for me to don a light jacket, while riding up in the flybridge. We passed by Tangier Island and Smith Island, MD, to our starboard, with Fairmount, Marion Station, and Hopewell, MD, to our port, just before reaching the tiny coastal town of Crisfield, MD.
We arrived at Somers Cove Marina in Crisfield, MD, at 2:15 pm in the RAIN – UGH! As instructed, we tied-up to port on a T-dock, right behind another boat, and I got inside out of the rain as soon as I could! Showers threatened around us all that afternoon and evening, but were thankfully predicted to clear by tomorrow, when we planned to ride the ferry over for a tour of famous Tangier Island.
Position: N 37° 58.631, W 75° 51.386
Distance traveled: 48 SM
Total distance traveled: 4994 SM
Total marina nights: 375
Total nights at anchor: 23
Locks today: 0
Locks Total: 28