Goodbye Baltimore!

Weather: Some sun but mostly cloudy; SE 10-15 knots; 75 degrees

Comment:
0720 Rise and shine!
0800 Slip lines from Inner Harbor East

Sail out of Baltimore Harbor (for 10 minutes) making all of 3 mph. We fired up the puppies again and promptly hit 7 mph.

We enjoyed our stay in Baltimore very much. It is a most cruiser friendly city and there is much to do. We didn’t even scratch the surface.

1000 The wind has freshened to 15 knots so it’s off motors and up sails! Before we raised the sails, we rolled up the dinghy and stored it in the port bow locker. When riding on the bow, the dinghy interferes with the roller furling line. It also “jumps” with the wave action. Since we thought we’d be using the furling gear frequently, we decided to stow the dinghy. We still need to configure a bridle so we can store it on the davits.

We tacked back and forth across the mouth of the Patapsco River and along the way encountered several inbound and outbound ships and tugs/barges. We also saw a couple of tall ships heading up river.

1200 The winds have dropped below 8 knots, so it’s on motors. We rolled up the jib, but kept the main sail up for the remainder of the day.

1600 Just outside of Galesville, we pulled into Parish Creek to rendezvous with Chester King, Sunshine’s former owner. Unfortunately, Jeanette was unable to be there. While waiting, we filled up with fuel and pumped the holding tank at Backyard Boats.

1715 Chester arrives at the appointed time. He climbed on board and took some photos of some of the modifications that we’ve done to the boat. We presented him with the “Sea Paws” pillow that Jeanette made when they owned the boat. Their new boat “Sea Paws II” has the same logo as that Jeanette embroidered on the pillow. We hoped to make a more formal presentation, but Jeanette was on a plane to Atlanta. Chester graciously gave us a tour of “SP II.” It is a marvelous boat. At 47 feet long and 27 wide, she is big to say the least. We took the tour and placed the pillow in an appropriate place. We bid our farewell to Chester and motored around the corner to Galesville where we anchored for the evening.