After a very eventful month of moving from Miami to our row house in Philadelphia, we were ready to resume our cruising aboard Zendo. For the next two weeks we’ll be cruising the Chesapeake Bay on our way to Crisfield, MD for another MTOA Rendezvous. Afterwards we will be hightailing it back to Philly for the birth of our first grandchild at the end of the month!
Our marina had just completed some work on Zendo including replacing our fuel injection pump and tuning up the outboard on our dinghy. Jonny had taken Zendo out for a sea trial two days earlier. Everything had gone well so we are good to go!
We left Delaware City at 11:50 on Thursday, September 11 to catch the current on the C&D Canal. It was a beautiful, sunny day with temperatures in the 70’s. The waters were calm as there was little wind. It clouded up for part of the afternoon but got sunny again later on. Our goal for the day was the Bohemia River but because we were making good time we decided to go on to an anchorage on Worton Creek. We arrived there by 5:20 and dropped the hook in a beautifully bucolic setting. We were in a large wooded cove on the river with only one other sailboat anchored in the distance. Perfect!
With Archie in the dinghy, we headed to a small marina nearby to take him for a walk. As we approached the dock our outboard sputtered and stalled. Uh, oh! We thought all was well but apparently not! I scrambled out of the dinghy with Archie and we headed toward the marina so he could do his business and have a little walk while Jonny worked on the outboard. Although the grounds around the marina were attractive, I was turned off by the numerous No Trespassing and Members Only signs throughout the grounds.
Since no one was around, we ignored them for the sake of Archie's exercise and then headed back to the dock. Thankfully, my capable husband was able to solve the outboard issue and we were ready to head back to Zendo. It would have been a problem if we had to row back because we had gone quite a distance to get to the marina.
Back onboard, it was dinner time and we had ravioli with pesto and a salad for dinner. Dining on the aft deck was lovely and afterwards we enjoyed a particularly beautiful sunset. We went to bed early because we planned to leave by 6:30 the next morning for a long day of cruising so we can reach our destination by Saturday.
