Cruising the ICW

From Fishing Bay in Deltaville VA, we were away early again under light winds and sunny skies.  We had a very pleasant run north, and it got so hot we stopped mid-day for a swim.  No beach, just drifted in the middle of the Bay for 20 minutes for a refreshing break.  By mid afternoon, we were at Salomon's Island Md, which is a very active boating community, with many marinas and some great anchorages.  You may recall my comments earlier in the blog that the anchorages were not great on the ICW, but the Chesapeake is much different.  Real inlets to create numerous, relatively deep water anchorages, and real topography to protect those anchorages from the wind.  We chose a marina here though as it had a pool, as it was >90F, and very inexpensive!  What a change. Our trip in the Chesapeake continued north under much lighter, and importantly, following winds and seas.  Our objective for the next few days was to get as far north as possible, and away from Hurricane Dorian, which

Our travels have re-commenced.  We arrived back at the boat on a Wednesday afternoon, and the yard crew had moved it to an outside dock so we wouldn't have to live in the "cave" in the sheds for a few days while we got ready to depart.  After sitting for 5 months, the boat was very dirty of course, but the interior looked great.  Judy's idea of vacuum packing the linens etc, and installing a supplementary de-humidifier worked great.  The outside was another matter though.  This area is infested with a spider that leaves a particularly nasty black ink like residue on the boat.  If washed off within a few days, it doesn't seem to be an issue.  Sitting for 5 months is another matter.  Had to contract the yard crew to clean the horizontal surfaces of the boat.  Very disappointing after doing what you think is the best thing for the boat of putting it under cover. Oh yeah, and I found at least 8 mud-wasp nests on the boat that when washed, of course, spread fr