continued… By midnight, the wind had picked up and there was a small bit of wind chop, but other than that, all was the same as last reported for the rest of the night. This was the sunrise on Sunday, August 10, 2025, as were approaching the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.

And here was the view as we went under the bridge.

We approached the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which was on the outskirts of Baltimore, at around 0930. We were shocked to see that it hadn’t been rebuilt yet after it was destroyed a year and a half ago when it was struck by a cargo ship that was leaving Baltimore. This 2-minute video explains what caused the power failure that led to the crash — it was such a tiny thing! It was a stark reminder to us about how fragile boat systems can be.

The area around the remains of the Key Bridge was industrial. This was the east side of the bay

And the west side.

As we got farther north and closer to the city, we could see the tall buildings of the skyline behind what looked like a park.

The park was actually the historic Fort McHenry, located on the southern portion of the tip of the peninsula that formed the edge of Baltimore’s inner harbor.

As we navigated around Fort McHenry, we saw that on the east/northeast side of the bay, there was a sudden and dramatic shift from industrial to urban.

That shift seemed to happen close to the marina that we’d booked, which was on the outskirts of downtown in a neighborhood called Canton.

The marina was directly opposite the north side of the tip of the peninsula. The area on that side looked industrial, but it looked like that side also had a stark line a little farther west where it shifted to be urban, too.

A marina staffer was waiting at our slip to help us tie up. Once we got Kosmos situated, we headed to the office to check in. This was a raw bar seafood restaurant along the boardwalk, as seen from the docks.

The obvious doors next to the lighthouse was the marina office. To the right, there was an entrance to a restaurant called Pusser’s Landing.

There was a nice lounge next to the office where marina tenants could hang out.

The marina explained that the pool behind the restaurant was a private club. As marina tenants, we had access to the pool club’s amenities. The marina didn’t have restroom/shower facilities of its own; it shared them with the pool.

After we checked in and scoped out the facilities, we got Kosmos situated in the slip and washed her. We hadn’t washed her since day that we’d arrived in Norfolk. We hadn’t needed to — it had rained quite a bit while we were there, and some of those storms were so powerful that they were akin to power washing.

Once Kosmos was clean, we went to Pusser’s Landing for lunch, which had British/Caribbean cuisine.

The food was okay. Per the blurb on the menu, pusser was British slang for the navy purser, who was the person responsible for distributing rum rations to the soldiers. Apparently, Pusser’s was also a brand of rum.  

It was a beautiful day with lovely temperatures, perfect for sightseeing. But, since we all had gotten limited, broken sleep on the overnight passage, we were all tired. We laid low onboard for the rest of the afternoon/evening. This was the sunset.