YachtAweigh: Portsmouth Virginia to Solomons Maryland

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Portsmouth Virginia to Solomons Maryland – May 23, 2017

May 21^st – It was a cool day with a mix of sun and clouds and moderate winds. We decided to stay another night at the town dock in Portsmouth Virginia. We went into town and watched the second Guardians of the Galaxy movie at the Commodore theatre with Henry and Debbie (Seven Tenths) and we quickly learned that it was not your normal theatre. You were seated at a table with a telephone and you could place phone orders for food and drinks … it was Exxxcellent! Later we went to dinner with a number of Loopers including Henry and Debbie; Jim and Cindy (The Journey) and Dan and Jean (Time Out) as well as their local friends. We ate great bar food and had a couple cold ones with a great gang of people.

May 22^nd – It was a warm cloudy day with rain showers throughout the day with light winds. We left the town dock at Portsmouth Virginia and headed 60 miles north on Chesapeake Bay and anchored in Fishing Bay which is close to Deltaville Virginia. On the way we passed all kinds of Battleships moored along the Norfolk side of the river. They were quite impressive and Maria was taking pictures along the way. It didn’t take us long to get to the anchorage since we gave the boat a good run while we were on Chesapeake Bay.

May 23^rd – It was a cool rainy day with winds increasing throughout the day. We left our Fishing Bay anchorage early this morning and headed 70 miles north on Chesapeake Bay to Solomons Maryland and anchored by Pancake Point. We left early and ran up the bay quickly to avoid the high winds that we’re supposed to experience this afternoon. Our crossing wasn’t bad but we were a little worried about “Seven Tenths” since they did the same crossing however it would take them significantly longer to do thus they’re more likely to be impacted by the higher winds and waves. During the last few days our GPS Chartplotter has been very slow to load the charts and respond to commands to zoom in and out. I noticed that our trail has accumulated 24,000 points thus I deleted them to see if it’s a memory issue. If it’s not resolved then I’ll have to call Lowrance for support.