I came back this morning from Mobjack Bay/Severn River and stayed within a couple miles or so of the Western Shore.
Winds were howling at my anchorage last night until about 2 am then eased off.
Winds were as high as 23 knots on the way back, but I didn't notice any 30
knot gusts as they predicted.
I was hitting speed in the mid to high 6's as I had the tide and was on a reach to broad reach for much of the trip.
I had my 2nd reef in but in a lull shook it out and sure enough winds picked back up to mid 20
knot range so I just sailed it on in under full sail as I could ease off the wind by that point.
I plan to go look at a CS36 in Rock Hall, MD soon. A 29' plus waterline and another 9,000 lbs. would have made this coming home trip much better
Stingray Point Buoy recorded a 31.1 knot gust at 1:12pm and several 29 knot gusts. (out of the NW)
York River Spit 27.2 knots at 12:36pm. (WNW)
There was a large
ketch that
AIS said was 19 meters in length. He was on more of a close reach and was hitting speeds of 9 knots plus according to
AIS.