> From: Marce Schulz <[email protected]> > We've been anchored in Annapolis in Back Creek since before the boat > show and now that we're ready to move south Sandy is messing up our > plans. > > Can anyone share experience on the best course of action for us? A > mooring? Another creek upriver? We won't have time to explore creek by > creek so local knowledge would be helpful.
Hi Marce! I can see your boat from mine, and I think we have chatted. I'm the guy with the big yellow flag (coming down today) in the rigging in the little marina between you and the cream-colored apartments. Back Creek is pretty sheltered. You're high enough up that you'll see a 20-25% reduction in wind speed compared to Thomas Point Light. The problem is that the bottom in Back Creek gets so much use that it is pretty fluffy. Depending on your ground tackle that may be a concern. All the moorings in Annapolis have helical anchors and are regularly inspected. Moving to a mooring ball is a very reasonable thing, either one of the five in Back Creek or above the Spa Creek bridge. Weems Creek has better holding. The Naval Academy moorings there are tempting but don't take one. First, the Academy may show up with the 44s and make you get off and second, they aren't nearly so well maintained as the City moorings. They have been known to drag. If you are really nervous and things look bad head around Thomas Point and up the South River to Harness Creek (above the docks for Quiet Waters Park) or Aberdeen Creek (don't go above the last community docks - there are lots of snags). Any of the three creeks feeding Whitehall Bay are good. The rightmost one has a tricky entrance but the other two are easy and all are well protected. Stop by the Harbormaster's office and chat them up a bit. The two people you would like to talk to are Flip Walters (Harbormaster) and David (#3 guy). They have the most experience. If you want to make a start heading South either Dividing Creek or Granary Creek up the Wye River or La Trappe Creek off the Choptank are good places to hole up. You could also head up the Rhode River to the creek above Camp Letts or the West River outside the mooring field for Hartges Yacht Harbor. My local knowledge on protected anchorages South of that is weak as we're usually looking for breeze. *grin* My suggestion is a mooring ball in Annapolis or one of the South River creeks. I should be out late this afternoon. I'll stop by and bang on the hull to say hi. -- sail fast and eat well, dave Dave Skolnick S/V Auspicious AuspiciousWorks.com 443-327-9084 _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
