Sunday morning began with clouds, rain, and cold temperatures. We turned the generator on, plus heat, and stayed under the covers until mid morning. By 11:30 we started the process to leave our anchorage. Everything went fine until Jane tried to raise the anchor. About 60' was up before the windless stopped winding. It had power but no turn. In the end peter had to finish raising the anchor another 20-30 feet by hand. We arrived at Calvert Marina 5 minutes later and we will stay until the weather starts to clear up. This is a no frills marina but extremely friendly and they give a Boat US discount, bringing our dock fees to $1 per foot plus electricity. This is the best deal anywhere!! We took a walk along the waterfront to their little waterfront cafe which has only 18 seats. We had a delicious mid afternoon meal. Peter tried a philly cheesesteak toasted sub and Jane had blackened chicken lettuce wraps. They also made home made chips. Jane could see them peeling the potatoes in the little kitchen. Dessert was shared.....homemade bread pudding with rum sauce. It was the best ever.
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| Yummy yummy bread pudding |
Monday morning Peter went next door to Washburn boat yard and had a lovely mechanic come back to look at the windless. It is either the shaft or the gear causing the problem. We'll definately stay until it is fixed before leaving. The windless is too important to go without since we anchor a lot.
Jane kept busy by making scones. Unfortunately she didn't have raisins but the plain ones taste just as good.
On Thursday our windless gearbox arrived after we had it shipped overnight for about $150 extra. Two men came that afternoon to install it and it worked! So we planned to leave Friday morning and head to St Michael's. There is no rush to get to Cape May because the offshore weather is just too bad to attempt the coastline. We will pump out and leave by 9AM.
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| Our "loaner" car from the marina to get to the grocery store!! |
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| Sunset in Solomons |
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