Other Krogens headed to the Rendezvous

Monday, October 5, 2015

We fueled up at $2.11 a gallon, probably the cheapest place we will see in a long time, and pumped out just to be sure.  We were off at 9:06am.  Passed two sailboats on the way out to the bay.  They were motoring or they would have passed us!  I can’t get over how much space there is for anchoring along this river.  

Out in the Chesapeake we turned south, staying just out of the channel to make sure we never had an issue with the container ships and tugs pulling barges.  We only saw them going up the Chesapeake, not a single one going south.  The container ships we did see were all empty, coincidence?  The day was beautiful and blue with one foot waves and ten knot winds.  Smooth sailing!  Certainly not the hurricane we feared. As we neared Annapolis, sailing activity increased and the radio chatter was mostly about moving boats into and around boat show slips.  

Right after we made reservations at Bay Bridge Marine for a slip we were hailed by the Krogen, Renaissance Woman.  We had seen them ahead of us but for a long time thought they were a ship until we got close enough to think they were a ship that looked like a Krogen.  These boats are big!  Renaissance Woman was also headed for the Krogen Rendezvous in Solomons and for tonight, an anchorage in Rhode River with a buddy boat, Dream Weaver.  They had been with a group of seven Krogens from the north of which 5 had gone on in order to reach the Rendezvous by Tuesday.  We changed our plans, followed RW to the Rhode River, and were all settled into the mud by 4pm with Dream Weaver already there.  We met Dream Weaver in Maine during the No Excuses Cruise over the summer.

We made plans for 5:00 cocktails and snacks aboard Dream Weaver with Paul and Karen.  Of course,

 Ric and Marianne from Renaissance Woman joined in as well.  Seems that this cocktails at 5 is a pretty common occurrence aboard Krogens.  As the evening came, lights on shore lit up.  There were a great number of houses along the shore that I had not noticed during daylight hours.  There was also a 30 foot sailboat which was aground at the end of the cove.  Hmmm.  Salvage rights?