11 April

Sweetest Thing
Anthony Richards
Mon 11 Apr 2011 12:46
Marvellous Monday
 
Today is Marvellous Monday because we are just about to enter Chesapeake Bay and tonight we will tie up in Annapolis. Hooray!
 
Did I say Marvellous Monday? We have thick fog at the moment with visibility down to 50m. If there is one thing I hate worse than sailing in lightning it is sailing in fog. Any prospect of taking avoiding action to miss a ship is very, very small. A great thought when you are coming into one of the busiest waterways in the USA! Oh, and did I mention that we had lost our radar reflector? It was blown to pieces in the big winds, so now the ships cannot see us on their radars either. Marvellous Monday!
 
The fod is caused by warm air over cold sea. After crossaing the Gulf Stream yesterday we no longer have tropical sea temperatures - this water comes from the frozen north.
 
But it is not warm air over cold sea, it is cold air over colder sea. It is cold here. We could be in Biscay 6 weeks ago. Back to getting in the sleeping bag fully clothed.
 
Another thing about Marvellous Monday. A few hours before we arrive in Annapolis a front will come through so we can look forward to being cold and wet tonight.
 
Marvellous Monday? Pah!
 
Position at 1200 UTC 11 April
36 47.456n
075 22.408w
 
24 hour run 149 nm
 
Wind S F4