MOREHEAD YACHT CLUB, NORTH CAROLINA:  4/30/01 thru 5/06/01
I have to give a big plug to our yacht broker, John Warrington.  He knew we've been without a car since coming back from Cincinnati and was aware of our problems.  He offered us a Corvette to use for a couple days.  Wow, I never thought I'd be driving a 1978 Indy 500 pacecar replica.  How could we possibly turn down his offer.  In any case, it was very nice of him to lend us a car to run errands in.  We owe him one!  Maybe we'll be leaving Tuesday.

Since we had to stick around, Monday we scheduled some docking practice time with Marty Haber.  He has his captains license and was very helpful in improving our docking skills.  We have a long way to go, but after a few hours with him, we sure feel better and with practice, docking shouldn't be such a traumatic experience..... at least I hope.  :-)     We got back to the dock, Marty was able to fix the leaks we found.  Then we enjoyed a pizza with him and his friend, Julie.

Unfortunately while we were out doing our docking practice, we noticed the batteries were no longer charging.   Dick (from the boat yard) was kind enough to stop over Tuesday to check things out.  Come to find out, while motoring around we blew a fuse and diode in the regulator.  Not sure how that could happen, but Dick took the part, ordered a new one, and it should be here Thursday.  Hopefully that will fix the problem and it won't happen on our trip north.  Maybe now we'll leave Thursday...or Friday.

Facilities we found:
* In Beaufort:
     - Laundry - at the General Store on Front Street
     - Propane - Country-Aire Rental Inc. - will fill while you wait.  Located off Route 70, #5447.  Phone: 252-247-0771.
* In Morehead:
     -Church - St. Egbert's on 17th & Evans Street.  Masses:  8:30am & 11:15am - Sunday; 6:00pm - Saturday.  252-726-3559
     - Laundry - Sunshine Laundry & Cleaners - 252-726-4444 located at 17th and Bridges - $1.50/per wash
     - Fuel - BP on the Morehead waterfront.  Just down from Russell Yachts/Shepard Boat Co.
 

SUMMARY - OUR THOUGHTS ON THE WHOLE COMMISSIONING PROCESS:
I'd like to start out saying that we've been very happy with Beaufort Yacht Sales.  I would recommend them to anyone looking for a boat.  Our broker, John Warrington, was excellent at following up on issues and ensuring things are resolved.  And the folks at Caliber were helpful as well.  I feel very confident that if we have problems in the future, John will be there to help in anyway he can...which means a lot.  I also have the feeling he'll be looking for us in the Bahamas now that he knows the size of our freezer!!  Ice cubes anyone??  :-)  Here's a picture of the staff.  We'll definitely miss them.

Beaufort Yacht Sales -- John, Sonny, Lori and we can't forget Buckwheat!!

The installation work was done by Shepard Boat Co.   Again, we were very happy with the work Russ and his staff did.  We sure challenged them with several installation requests.  But they did a great job.  Dick was especially helpful in solving some of our electronics installation challenges and his insights on local people and issues gave us a better appreciation for the area. So a big thanks to Russ, Dick, Steve & John.  By the way guys, we'll be back in the fall to participate in more Friday Happy Hours!!  Another thing we'll miss.   The canvas that was done by George Warner at Canvastic turned out great.  George is real open to different ideas.  So if you need some work done, just look him up on the Beaufort waterfront and he'll take care of you.

If we were starting today, what would we do different?  You know, bring half the clothes and twice the money. Actually, we wouldn't change much except just understand that things take time and don't have any set plans on taking off right away.  There are so many variables that can affect the boat getting finished - not to mention mother nature which kept us in cool, windy weather throughout the process.  And cost.  As most people know, or expect, things always come out more than anticipated.  Once we saw the boat and talked thru what we had originally thought would work, some things didn't.  Or things come up.  Unfortunately nothing on a boat is inexpensive.  Its probably not a real good thing that the folks at West Marine in Morehead know us by name.  :-)  But its all part of the process.

So that's it in a nutshell.  Now off we go.....up the ICW!!!!  (Well, at least we will after our regulator comes in.)  Still hoping everything will be fixed Thursday so we can have a Friday morning departure.  Sure enough Dick comes thru at the last minute and installs our regulator Thursday.  THANKS DICK...your awesome!!
 

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CRUISING NORTH UP THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY (ICW):   5/4/01 thru 5/8/01
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Friday, 5/4/01 - (Morehead to Slade Creek -- Mile marker 200 to 140)
To ensure a smooth departure, we choose to leave at 6:30am (high tide).  Another reason for the early departure is that we were so anxious to finally get on our way!!!  After a clean get away from the dock, we made our way out to the ICW and headed north.  First encounter was fog at the beginning of Adam's Creek.   We weren't expecting it, so it took us a little by surprise.  But we lined up the range markers for as long as we could see them and trusted the laptop with Nobeltech software interfaced to the GPS to guide us out of the fog.   The fog then lifted and the sun came out.  What a gorgeous day.    The rest of the ride thru Adams Creek was my favorite thing of the day.  The creek was not very wide, but the scenery was beautiful.   Then we came across Cedar Creek where we found Dick and his wife just lifting their anchor getting ready to head to New Bern.   He probably saw us coming and was trying to lift the anchor as quick as possible, but we caught him just in time to pick his brain one last time about our problems with our NEW regulator.  16.5 volts sounds a little high for charging, doesn't it....Fred hollars across the bow.  Yup says Dick.   We weren't quite ready to let him go so we followed him up the river until he broke off for New Bern.  Its hard saying goodbye.   :-).    We headed up the Neuse River which was wide open, sunny and flat -- but unfortunately not enough wind to sail.   Continued on to Hobucken where we were please to discover the swing bring had been replaced with a 65 ft bridge.  But the excitement occurred when Fred's hat blew into the water in a very narrow stretch of the canal.  With two boats close behind, we knew our man-overboard (or hat-overboard) skills were going to be tested.  We spun the boat around, Fred steered me close to the hat and I was able to hook it right in front of a 45 ft. cruiser.   Who then applauded our rescue.  Whew.  Later we ended up in the Pamilco River, another wide open body of water.  The wind had picked up to 10 knots which provided for a beautiful sail and gave our diesel a well deserved break.  As auto steer we both agreed that this is what its all about.   We anchored for the night in Slade Creek.  The entrance was unmarked which made for a challenging entrance, but we found a spot with few crab pots and put the hook down in about 9 ft.  As I'm writing this, we're enjoying our wine in the cockpit watching the sunset.  A beautiful ending to a beautiful day.

Lots of beautiful scenery along the ICW
 

Saturday, 5/5/01 - (Slade Creek to Buck Island -- Mile marker 140 to 58)
Started out with another beautiful morning.  Pulled up anchor at 6:30am and headed back out into the Pungo River which lead us to the Alligator River-Pungo River canal.  We were in this canal for approx. 30 miles.  It was wide enough for two boats to pass, that's about it.  The scenery consisted of isolated woods and marsh lands - unfortunately we didn't see too much wildlife.  There was virtually no development on the shoreline.  Original plan was to anchor just north of the Alligator swing bridge, however the weather reports told us it was going to get nasty the next day for crossing of the Albemarle Sound, so we put it in high gear and made the 20 mile crossing today.  Ended up anchoring off Buck Island - mile marker 56.    As we again drank our wine in the cockpit enjoying the scenery, we thought of our new found friend in Beaufort, Buckwheat!

Sunday, 5/6/01 - (Buck Island to Coinjock Marina -- Mile marker 58 to 49)
Weather reports indicated today was going to be quite challenging - for a change, they were right.  We woke to 20-25 knt winds.  We debated for sometime as to whether we should stay put, since our anchorage was protected from the NE winds, or whether we should try to get to the next anchorage which was only 30 miles away.  We noticed our French neighbors who anchored along side us last evening were pulling up their anchor.  So we thought, why not give it a try -- after all, they did!  So up wentt our anchor and we were off.   We knew our day was going to be challenging when broadside to the wind, with no sails up, we had a 15 degree heal.  Yew!   While in the North Carolina Cut, we kinda knew we were in trouble after we saw our French neighbors heading back south after a failed attempt to cross Coinjock Bay.  They yelled across the water - 35 knots and 7 ft. seas out there.  We thanked them for the input and decided to continue on to see for ourselves.  It wasn't long before the wind picked up and the boat heeled even more and we weren't even in the open part yet.  Our instincts told us better safe than sorry.  (I'm sure our insurance agency would appreciate it as well.)  So we also turned back and waived to our French friends as we passed them while we were looking for a dock.  We ended up at Coinjock Marina.  Nice marina - fees were $1.15/ft - extra $3.00 if you wanted electricity..  They have a great restraunt, nice showers, laundry and a small general store.   The 46' cruiser docked in front of us was from Columbus, Ohio.  Go Bucks I said!   Boat name was Alisyn.   Belonged to John & Barbara Gates.  They invited us aboard for drinks.  We had fun sharing stories and they gave us more information on the Chesapeake.   It was getting pretty late, so we decided to try out the restraunt rather than cooking.  An appreciated night off for the cook.  :-)  Had some great clam chowder - Hatteras style - and an assortment of tuna, scallops and shrimp.
The weather prediction isn't much better for tomorrow.  So we'll wait and see.

Monday, 5/7/01 - (Coinjock Marina to Pungo Ferry Marina -- Mile marker 49 to 28)
We woke to another day of 20+ knt winds, but the forecast was for them to lessen to 15-20 in the afternoon.  So we stayed at Coinjock until around 11:00am and decided to go for it.  After all, the French boat left this morning.  Oh boy, does this sound all too familiar.  :-)   We said goodbye to our new friends from Columbus and headed up the Coinjock Bay.  It really wasn't too back.  Winds were 17-20, but the waves were only 1-2 ft.   Our plan was to make it to the next anchorage - Blackwater creek.  Then tomorrow we'd finish the ICW since the weather prediction was much better.   We came across Blackwater creek, but it sure didn't look like anything we really wanted to attempt, so we continued on a couple miles til the next suggested anchorage which was right across from the Pungo Ferry Marina.   The chart said it was 11ft., but we experienced the fact that charts aren't always correct as our depth sounder quickly hit the 4.5 ft. mark....and our boat which draws 5'2" came to a quick stop.  Luckily I was going slow enough and the bottom was mud, so when we got stuck, I was able to back out.  But let the record be set, and since I'm writing this vs. Fred, that he was telling me where to go.  So he may say its my fault we got stuck, I'd have to say it was his.  That will teach him to start writing the daily logs.   So we decided to head across the canal and dock at the Pungo Ferry Marina.  Turned out to be a great move as the harbor master there told us that that anchorage had filled in over the years and if we would have tried to continue in, would have been in 2.5 ft. of water.  Then our next call probably would have been to Sea Tow.  The marina was very nice and the fees, very reasonable - .75/ft., extra for electricity.  They also have a restraunt that looked nice, but we enjoyed chili on the boat.

Tuesday, 5/8/01 - (Pungo Ferry Marina to end of the ICW -- Mile marker 28 to 0)
The alarm went off at 5:30am...whew!   But we were excited to get on our way as this last 28 miles was probably going to be the most challenging.   Unfortunately the fog was so thick, we didn't get going until 6:30am.  But it was beautiful when we left.  The fog was lifting as the sun was breaking thru.   No other boats around, just us, a few birds, and beautiful scenery on all sides.   Today we faced a host of things.  One being the bridges.   There were a number of swing and lift bridges along this route, most of which opened on the hour or half hour only.  So we had to time it just right.  We had a couple close calls, but our diesel gave us a boost and we were able to make it.  Around mile marker 11 was the Great Bridge Lock.  This lock controls the tide height difference between the Albermarle Sound and the Chesapeake Bay.  This being our first lock, we weren't too sure what to expect.  But we got tied up, the water level only rose a couple feet, and we were on our way.   Going thru Virginia we saw some gorgeous houses.  After a few more railroad bridges, we had our first encounter with a barge...Night Hawk.  He was heading south, we were heading north and both going for the same bridge.  We radioed the barge captain to see where he wanted us to go, so no problem.  Then things opened up and the shore became lined with factories, US war ships, destroyers, aircraft carriers and even a submarine.  We were heading up the Elizabeth River - Norfolk on our starboard; Portsmouth on our port side.  We thought a lot about Marlene and knew she'd love to be seeing all the US ships.  I couldn't believe how big they were.  Before we knew it, we were in the Chesapeake Bay.  Yea!   We headed over to Old Point Comfort which is just off Hampton Roads to anchor for the night and celebrated our successful voyage up the ICW.  Nice big anchorage in 7-15ft. of water and good holding.  Tomorrow the winds are forecasted to be out of the SE, so we're hoping for a fun sail up the Chesapeake.

Impressive US Navy ships at dock in Norfolk
 

Bridges along the ICW
 

Fred celebrating our successful journey thru the ICW
 

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CRUISING NORTH UP THE CHESAPEAKE BAY: 5/9/01 thru 5/31/01
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Old Point Comfort in Virginia to Fishing Bay -- 5/9/01
Sailed from Old Point Comfort with sunny skies and calm seas.  Left all the navy and container ships off our stern and headed north.  It started out to be a pretty light wind day - around 5 knots, but we put up the sails and before we knew it, the wind picked up and we had a great close-hauled sail.  Wind started dying late afternoon, so we looked at the chart to see what the closest anchorage was and ended up at Fishing Bay which is just off the Piankatank River.  We anchored in about 20 ft. of water - good holding.  It was a very quiet anchorage that we shared with about 5 other boats.
 

Fishing Bay to Cockrell Creek -- 5/10/01
Off to another early start as the wind was calling us.  It was right on the nose at 15-20 knots.  So we had a fun filled day of up wind sailing.  The boat handled great which made the sail very enjoyable.  With almost no waves, we were able to make pretty good time -   just had to dodge a lot of crab pots.  We ended up anchoring in Cockrell Creek which is off the Great Wicomico River.   On the chart it looked rather challenging to navigate thru the creek, but once we got there, it was pretty straight forward.  Fortunately the fish processing plant was not in operation so we didn't have any fish odors to deal with.   After anchoring, Fred put on his mast to check out the rattleing noise we were hearing.  Sure enough it turned out that the strut is loose causing the noise we've been hearing.  We later talked with George at Caliber and plan on hiring a diver to go down and see if it can be tighten enough without having to haul it out of the water.  This was also Fred's first encounter with jelly fish.  From his reaction, I don't think he enjoyed it much.  He came out of the water pretty fast.  We then wanted to check out the scenery a little closer so we launched the dingy and we were off.  Pulled up at one of the docks and walked thru the town of Reedville.  We had our hopes set on finding ice cream, but had no luck.  It was pretty late in the day and not much open.  But the walk was great as it had been a while since we were off the boat.
 

Cockrell Creek to Mill Creek (Solomon's Island) -- 5/10/01 & 5/11/01
Friday found us with very favorable winds - right on our stern.  With the winnd around 10 knots we decided to try out our new spinnaker.   Since we have a cruising spinnaker weren't not able to sail directly down wind so we had lots of opportunity to practice our jibes and I got lots of exercise.   This time instead of dodging crab pots, we were dodging target zones, fishing boats and barges.  Once again, auto proved very valuable.  We figured out how to set him to steer to the wind vs. a set course.  What a great discovery.  It worked great.    Wind picked up to 17-18 knots and we quickly found our limit with the spinnaker.  Shortly after the boat hit 8 knots, we decided to take the chute down.  The ATN sock worked fantastic and collapsed the chute with no problem.  Wow, what a ride.  We ended up anchoring in Mill Creek which is near Solomon's Island off the Patuxent River.  What a great place.  This is most civilization we've seen since we left NC.   There is shopping here!!  Fred's not near as excited about that as I am - wonder why.  We explored the creeeks in the dingy.  Tied up to the dock in front of the Calvert Marine Museum where we met a nice couple who grew up in the area and they told us all the places to go to.  We walked about a mile into town.  Of course had to check out the gift shops.  Then we found a church for tomorrow - right on the water.  Came back and went thru the Museum...very nice.  Then we watched about 15 remote control sailboats race right in front of the museum.  What a fun day.  In fact its such a nice place we decided to stay and leave our boat at Town Center Marina while we drove to Union, NJ for our diesel engine repair class.
 

Diesel Engine Repair Class - Union City, NJ -- 5/13/01 thru 5/16/01
We left our boat at Town Center Marina on Solomon's Island.  The folks there were really nice and they offered to keep an eye on it while we were away.  We rented a car from Enterprise in Lexington Park and headed north on Sunday, 5/14.  We stopped by the Panny estate to catchup with Steve, Christa & Ryan.  Caught up over a great dinner - thanks for those Omaha steaks!!  It was great seeing them and Ryan - boy has he changed.  Steve & Christa were kind enough to put us up for the night, so we stayed Sunday and got up early Monday to head to NJ for class.  With Steve's good directions, we were right on time for the class...even a bit early.  But two miles from the class, the roads were shut down due to a hostage situation.  What luck!  We eventually made it to class, but instead of being early, we were an hour late.  But we weren't the only ones.  The class was held at Mack Boring in Union, NJ.  They do quite a bit of training at this location.  The instructor was Larry Berlin.  The first day was an overview of things.  The following two days were more hands-on.  We actually got to work on our same engine model.  We were changing oil, bleeding lines, torcing head cylinders, adjusting valves, etc.  Greasy fun was had by all.
 

Solomons Island, Maryland -- 5/17/01 thru 5/20/01
Got back to the boat and everything looked great.  Since we had 50 hours on the engine, the first thing we did was put our training to good use.  We changed the oil & filter.  What sounds like a 1/2 hour job took us about 3, but atleast we got it done.  Boy what a messy job!  We anchored back in Mill Creek and did some last minute provisioning and laundry before we had to return the car.  What a luxury having a car.   At anchor we met a great couple that was making their way north from the Bahamas - Bob & Christa aboard Nachtmusik.  We shared some good wine and stories with them.  Now that our class was over, we weren't in so much of a hurry.   So we really enjoyed spending several days just exploring the town and relaxing.

Facilities we found:
* Marina:  Town Center Marina - 410-326-2401.  Doesn't have a whole lots of slips for larger boats, but we did get one on the
      outside for .90/ft. plus $3.00/night if you wanted electric hookup.  They have showers, fuel, water.
* Marina:  Zahniser's - 410-326-2166.  Located on "C" Street off Solomons Island Road.  They carry Yanmar parts and have a
      mechanic available.  Also has a canvas/cushion shop and small marine store.
* Museum - Calvert Marine Museum
* Church - Our Lady Star of the Sea off Solomon's Island Road - 410-326-3535.  Masses:  4:00pm - Saturday;  8:00am,
     10:30am & 12:15pm - Sunday.  Memorial Day thru Labor Day:  8:00, 10:00, 12:00
* Car Rental - from Lexington Park.  Enterprise, 301-737-0100, will pick you up at the marina.  Other rental is Hertz.
* Diver - Neil Allshouse - 301-884-7970.  Does bottom cleaning, etc.
* Laundry - about 1.5 miles up Solomons Island road from the main part of town.  Hours: 6:00am - 10:00pm
* Grocery - two available.   A Food Lion and one that carries more speciality items.  Both are close to the laundry - about 1.5
     miles from town.
* Marine Stores:  Boaters World - about 2 miles from the main part of town.
 

Annapolis, Maryland -- 5/20/01 thru 5/29/01
Arrived in Annapolis after a great spinnaker sail.  In fact our friends, Bob & Christa were heading to Annapolis as well, so they took some great pictures of us sailing...see below.  What can we say about Annapolis.  Lots and lots of boats and people.  It was an endless parade of boats.   We managed to get a mooring ball right next to Bob & Christa.  During our stay here, the Naval Academy held their graduation ceremony.  President Bush flew in and the Blue Angels performed for the ceremony.  We had a great view of the Blue Angels from the boat.  We hooked up with some friends from Brookville Lake who now live here - the Hunters.  Had a great time catching up with them over dinner at the Topside Inn.  Then we were lucky enough to experience Wednesday night races.  I've never seen so many sailboats racing at one time.  And the race ended in Spa Creek -- so everyone had to sail thru the moorring field to finish.  Boats were everywhere.  I was glad to be on our boat as many of them came very close.  I moved the dingy several times to give them a couple extra inches so they wouldn't have to tack.  What a site!     Then we did the ultimate with our boat.  Drove down "Ego Alley".  For those not familiar with this, its a very narrow alley that, in my opinion, no one in their right mind should bring a big boat down.  It has concrete walls on all sides and a small area at the end to turn around.  But Fawcett's let us dock for several hours for free so we could get our rigging inspection done, so off we went.  We got to the end to turn around and there were big boats on all ends.  Yikes!  We came within inches, but managed to turn around dock without incident.  Whew!   Now I understand why they call it Ego Alley.  We were happy to have our inspection over and get back to the mooring.  While docked there we ran into another acquaintance from the Cincinnati area.  Carl Bartok who used to work at Strictly Sail is now at Fawcett's as their purchasing manager --- what a small world.  He helped us spend some money at Fawcett's and gave us a couple tee shirts.  Nice to see some mid-western hospitality.  Later in the week we met a couple just starting out - Ross & Karen.  Their from Micchigan and just put their boat in the water several weeks ago.  Their also headed up to Maine, so we'll be looking for them.  While here, we utilized the Annapolis transit bus system to go to the library, West Marine, Home Depo and the Annapolis Mall.  Boy did we feel out of place at the mall.  Guess we're not the same suburban couple we once were.  After we got the appropriate tools from our shopping trip, we decided to have some more fun with our diesel.  The class really inspired us... :-)  So we came back and adjusted the valves - part of the 50 hour checkup.  It actually went better than we thought.  Took all morning, but again, things in general seem to take longer than anticipated.

Flying the Spinnaker!!!
 

Wednesday Night Races - Sailing thru the Mooring Field

Facilities we found:
* Marina - Annapolis City Dock - has moorings available for $15/day.  Showers available for an additional $1.  They monitor
      VHF channel 9.  Phone# 410-263-7973; fax# 410-295-9018.
* Free docking available at Fawcett's in Ego Alley - but must make arrangements ahead of time.
* Laundry - Avenue Laundromat, 74 Maryland Avenue - 410-267-9092
* Shuttle Service - great if you need to get to the airport - 1-800-258-3828.  Will pick you up right at the Mariott Hotel on the
      waterfront.  A one way trip to the Baltimore Airport is $14.
* Church - St. Mary's.  Across from the Mariott.  Masses: 7:00, 8:30 & 10:30am
* Annapolis Transit Bus Service - available for .75 per leg.  Can take it to groceries, library, Annapolis Mall, etc.
* Library - library in Eastport on Hillsmere Drive, off Bay Ridge Road has internet access.
* Marine Stores:  Fawcett's on the Annapolis waterfront and West Marine at the Bay Ridge Shopping Plaza in Eastport
* ICE CREAM!!!!  Lots of stores.  :-)
 

Gibson Island, Maryland -- 5/29/01
Arrived in Gibson Island off the Magothy River and anchored just past Holland Point.  Its a private/exclusive island with many beautiful homes on it.  We enjoyed parking for free in their back yard!
 

Rock Creek, Maryland -- 5/30/01
Sailed and anchored in Rock Creek which is off the Patapsco River that leads into Baltimore.  We had a wild ride from Gibson Island to Rock Creek.  The winds started out around 12 knots out of the northwest.   But not long into the sail did the winds pick up to 20-25, with gusts to 30, seas quickly built to 5-6 ft.    We reefed the main and genoa and closed reached until we arrived at the mouth of the Patapsco  River.  This took us directly into the wind, so we took down the sails and fired up the diesel.  Then we had a long hour plus of motoring into the 5-6ft. waves.   We arrived and the boat looked like an old salty dog from all the salt spray.  Now we need a good rain to wash it off.  We launched the dingy and did some exploring.  We came upon laundry facilities, so the rest of the day we celebrated our arrival by doing laundry.  I never thought finding laundry facilities so close to the water would be so exciting.  Boy have things changed.  I do miss my Kenmore appliances!

Facilities we found:
* White Rock Marina - has laundry facility - $1.25/load for both wash & dry
 

Swan Creek, Maryland -- 5/31/01 thru 6/1/01
Since we were so close to Baltimore, we decided to get an early start and checkout the Inner Harbor.   Its was a nice, sunny day so we motored up the Patapsco.  After dodging a few barges and container ships we made it to the base of Baltimore's skyline and checked out the marinas and sites.  Scenery on the way there was industrial, but interesting.  The inner harbor looked like an interesting place to visit.  Then we headed back out the river and across the bay towards Rock Hall.  Sailed across the bay on a broad reach with the spinnaker flying and finished the day with a nice upwind sail after we rounded the shoal south of Rock Hall.  What a great day of sailing.  Arrived at Swan Creek to look for an anchorage in what appears on the charts to be a very shallow cove.  After scanning the open options, we took the first available spot close to the channel - only 6.5ft. water with the tide going out.  This turned out to be a very nice anchorage with a full service marina - Haven Marina just across the cove.   The next day we launched the dingy to explore the town of Rock Hall.  Its was only about a mile walk into town from the marina where we found a grocery, post office, laundry and even an old fashion soda shop.  So we picked up a few provisions at the grocery and headed back to the boat.   Later in the afternoon, the rain came.  So our salty dog boat got a well deserved bath.

Facilities we found:
* The Haven Marina - carries a fairly extensive inventory of marine supplies.  Carries Yanmar parts.
* Grocery - K Foods.  About a mile from the marina.  Medium size grocery - had a wide variety of foods.
* Post Office.  About a mile from the marina
* Laundry Mat - Next to the grocery.