Another early morning, up and underway in mist at 5:30am, to exit Mattawoman Creek before the “INTENSE FLAMES with HEAVY ABUNDANT SMOKE (their capitals)”.  Yes, let’s not have that with our coffee.  We motored upriver in calm, damp weather to… Continue reading

A good but shallow anchorage with one BIG caveat – mind the warfare training ongoing Monday through Thursday 7am-7pm.  Try as I did, I failed to locate any information on this (I’ll help a fellow boater out here and provide… Continue reading

Happy 60th birthday, Dobbs!  We cleared out of Solomons at dawn in hopes of going more than 50 miles.  The wind was too light for sailing, but at least it didn’t hamper our progress.  Before noon, Grace turned west into… Continue reading

A gale watch kept us in harbor, with a mid-morning putter over to Spring Cove Marina for fuel and then to Zahnisers for amenities.  I was really looking forward to washing my hair and we wanted to have our propane… Continue reading

Our anchorage was very well-protected, making it tough to tell if the stronger wind forecast had in fact arrived.  The barometer and sky suggested we might be in for a milder time.  I accept! Rain pattered on deck throughout the… Continue reading

I slept with the soundness of peaceful exhaustion.  Until the weather warms a little, Dobbs and I have taken to sleeping later, to let the sun work its magic on the world some before we venture out into it.  Evenings… Continue reading

A glance at the morning news informed us that around 2:30am a container ship struck the Key Bridge and collapsed it into the Patapsco River.  We were shocked – we’d heard nothing and were anchored less than 7 miles away. … Continue reading

Over the winter, Dobbs installed a SeaFrost refrigeration system in Grace’s original icebox, with the addition of lots more foam insulation. We chose this brand over others because the cold plate is custom-made and can produce ice cubes or blocks… Continue reading

Here we are – moved aboard GRACE for a 6-week Spring cruise which we hope will see us up the Potomac to Washington, D.C. and around the “Albemarle Loop”.  Both are areas we’ve sailed past many times on the way… Continue reading