Annapolis to Baltimore

Shelduck
Neil Hegarty
Fri 22 May 2015 21:28


Annapolis to Baltimore
Friday May 22nd
39:16.877 N 76:36.046 W
Distance sailed 31 miles.

Anne arrived at Dulles Airport 15.05 on the 18th and was out in 30 minutes
with her luggage because flights from Ireland are treated as internal US
flights. Coilin then drove us, in heavy traffic, to Shelduck at Annapolis
Yacht Club. Next day Anne and I relaxed with a walking tour of the beautiful
city of Annapolis where the US Naval Academy is based and young naval
officers were graduating on Wednesday 20th. At 10.15 that morning Brendan
Donegan returned to Shelduck, this time with his daughter Sarah. They drove
us to a supermarket and Sarah helped with our shopping. Next lunch in town
and after to the yacht club where Brendan introduced us to a sailors
favourite drink here Dark and Stormy which is a mixture of rum and ginger
ale. That evening Anne and I dined at the club where the food is very, very
good.
We planned to leave for Baltimore on Thursday the 21st but a low with heavy
rain lingered so we stayed put. Up at 08.00 on the 22nd, through the nearby
opening bridge at 09.00 and alongside at the club again to have the holding
tank pumped out. A good reach for 15 miles then a 16 mile beat in Force 4 up
the Papapsco River to a marina berth in Baltimore City centre. Baltimore to
Baltimore in almost eight years and over 12,000 miles sailed.

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