This is Kerry's recount of the day:
We left Solomons Island at 6:00am. For the first hour we were going East and it was going great. We had a nice NW breeze. Then we turned the corner to go NW. The wind and waves were on the nose as winds pick up for about an hour. After ~2hours, we turned straight N (along the W coast) but wind had picked up and shifted more N. It was too rough to go the 30 miles to the closest anchorage on the west side (6 hours away). We checked Skipper Bob and Active Captain for anchorages on the easst side. Then we ran for a spot about 20 miles away on the East side of the Bay. We sailed for about an hour, but it got too rough to contnine in this NE direction. I pulled Skipper Bob and Active Captain again. Our choices were to turn back to Solomons Island or to find an anchorage straight east from us. I found one that was about 1 hour away. I turned East and had an ok sail into a place called Hudson Creek which is about 5 miles up the Little Choptank River. It was a nice well protected spot. So we advanced 16 miles worth over 4.5 hours today. We had planned to be in Annapolis, but we were all glad to be anchored in this very protected spot. We enjoyed the day just being together. Tomorrow we will try to gain some more 'ground'.
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