| the Chesapeake Bay Wayfarer Cruise 2007 Crisfield - Smith Is. - Tangier Is. - Watts Is. - Crisfield Wednesday 30 May - 2 photos mostly by Alan Asselstine and Uncle Al ... |
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| Half-way across to Smith, this
tug (l) pulling a barge
gave us a warning beep, but ... ... |
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... we were clearing him by
quite a large margin. It was a real revelation to me that even in these
light winds, we Wayfarers were mostly doing close to 5 knots if our GPS
was to be believed. The GPS also made navigational life a lot easier
towards the virtually featureless low, green shore of Smith Island. In
the event, by following the GPS' arrow we arrived right where I had
chosen the waypoint to be, just off the eastern end of the Thorofare
via a shortcut across shallows not available to deeper-draught craft.
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| Someone was already at our
waypoint, hard at work, but ... ... |
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| ... getting set to ... ... |
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| ... depart. This was ... ... |
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| ... the only building we saw on
the north half of Smith Island. ... |
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| Our flotilla soon followed us
into ... ... |
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| ... the Thorofare where ... - click here
to see full-size pic ... |
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... the wind - like last year -
blew right
down its middle, giving us a very useful run. Apart from the narrow
channel which winds through its middle, the Thorofare is extremely
shallow, and the Wayfarer's ability to sail in less than a foot of
water with rudder and board up comes in quite handy. For the next
while, Hans and I sailed along with Richard and Alan (above) and ...
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| ... enjoyed ... ... |
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| ... the ... ... |
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| ... unique ... ... |
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| ... scenery. ... |
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| Already looking much more
relaxed in ... ... |
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| ... his Wayfarer is ... ... |
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| ... our new intrepid mariner,
Richard Watterson. ... |
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| Pretty shore but as mentioned,
not much in the way of obvious landmarks to navigate by - click here
to see full-size pic ... |
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| With the Eastern Shore and
Crisfield astern on the horizon, the Wayfarer flotilla ... ... |
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| ... enters the Big Thorofare. |