An Abrupt End to the Delivery Trip

SUNSHINE'S Summer Home - Worton Creek Marina, Worton, MD


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Monday, June 15, 2009 Day 15
From: Indian Creek Anchorage, VA MM 146.0
To: Spring Cove Marina, Solomons Island, MD MM 97.6
Distance Traveled: 57.1
Hours Motoring: 10.3

Weather: The day started with an overcast sky, calm, flat sea and 70 degree temp. The sun cam out late in the morning and the wind picked up to around 6 knots out of the NW.

Comment: Even though we had a foul tide most of the day, we made about 6 mph, motoring with the jib flying. It was great to see the sun. The bay water turned a nice sky blue and we had a glorious day. Much different than yesterday!

Running low on fuel, we decided to call it a day when we arrived at Spring Cove Marina in Solomon’s Island. Gary treated to gas and dinner at the Captain’s Table where we enjoyed a sumptuous meal of scallops.

Both Captain and crew were tired, due primarily to the very early morning departure, so once again, we hit the sack before 2100 hours.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Day 16
From: Spring Cove Marina, Solomons Island, MD MM 97.6
To: Worton Creek Anchorage, MD MM 25.5
L/L: 39 16 82N 76 10 27W
Distance Traveled: 81.8 miles
Hours Underway: 12:10
Hours Motoring: 12.2

Weather: Overcast throughout the day, although there were some rays of sun at times; temp range 70 – 77 degrees; wind 10 – 15 E made for good, although with a lively motion, motor sailing; making much time over 7 mph and average was about 6.8 on the day.

Comment: The boat had lots of motion today, but we flew up the bay. Our average speed for the day was 6.8 mph. There were lots of sailboats out and about. The trip was uneventful.

We entered Worton Creek after covering 80 miles in 12 hours and were greeted by a pair of Bald Eagles. They might have been more eagles as they were interspersed with buzzards.

The anchorage was quiet, even though it was windy (small craft warnings are posted until at least tomorrow evening. Tomorrow, we plan to check out the marina to see if it is a place where we might leave SUNSHINE for the summer.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Day 17
Location: Worton Creek Marina, Eastern Shore, MD MM 25.5

Weather: Showers all day

Comment: We visited Worton Creek Marina, talked to the owner, priced hauling, power washing, blocking, and splashing. The price was excellent. When we added up all the costs involved, we will save over $1,000 compared to summer storage in our home waters on Barnegat Bay.

I made the deal. The delivery trip is suddenly OVER! SUNSHINE will spend the summer at the Worton Creek Marina.

Anna Marie and Trudy arrived at around 1900 hours. We off loaded some stuff from the boat, went to dinner and headed home.

We’ll be back to SUNSHINE next week to off load more stuff and prep it for summer storage. We’ll also begin the projects that we’ll need to do before splashing in the fall.