Category Archives: Cruising Guide

Information for other cruising boats. Our experiences finding places to anchor, dealing with officials, provisions, etc.

Finishing the Repairs in Drayden, Maryland

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Friday, Nov. 7 — The full moon was still up this morning and shining brightly.

Since we’ve missed our weather window to Bermuda, we needed to form a new cruising plan. We’ve decided that once the repairs were completed, we’ll go back to Little Creek to wait for another weather window to Bermuda.

Eric continued to work on repairs/maintenance while Christi and Keith did school. He noticed that the bilge pump sea strainer and hose was leaking. That part was awkward to access, so tightening the sea strainer was difficult.

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Replacing the Low Water Bilge Pump in Drayden, Maryland

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Thursday, November 6, 2025 — Despite going to bed so late, we were all up by 0730. While we did managed to get some sleep, we didn’t sleep particularly well — especially Eric. The anchorage was beautiful.

The full moon hadn’t yet set, and was still huge and bright, even at 0730. And yes, the little boat was a working waterman boat.

Eric determined that it would be best to fix the problems in a marina. There happened to be a marina, called Dennis Point Marina, a short distance away. Eric called promptly at 0900, when they opened. They said they did have a slip for us, which was a relief.

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Getting Ready to Leave For Bermuda

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Sunday, November 2, 2025 —

The time changed today for Daylight Savings. Eric was up at 0500. While this was certainly not a sunrise photo, we thought we’d post a photo of how beautiful the marina was today with all the leaves turning pretty colors.

In good news, it looked like there was going to be a weather window to Bermuda on Wednesday. It wasn’t going to be great conditions, but it would be good enough. In anticipation of the passage, Eric spent the day getting the boat organized for our upcoming passage:

He repacked part of the forward stateroom (Keith’s room). Since we’ve been here so long, lots of stuff has come out of the cabinets. Getting it all back in was a challenge.

He checked the generator coolant, which meant moving stuff in the engine room out of the way so he could take the cover off. He also put an extra bilge pad under generator.

There was a little corrosion on the raw water pump, so he scraped it off and added a some anti-corrosion coating. 

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The Maritime Museum in Annapolis, MD

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Friday, October 31 — This morning it felt like 38 degrees with wind chill factor. Christi had a hard time dragging herself outside to watch the sunrise. Because of the cold, she didn’t stay outside long, but she was glad she at least got to enjoy a few minutes of the lovely dawn, Here were a couple shots:

We were pleased to report that this morning, the flooding was gone and all was back to normal in the marina. While Christi and Keith did school, Eric cleaned the sea strainers. There was lots of mud in them and two live fish! One fish was long and skinny. He thought it looked like a snake and wondered if it was an eel.  

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