Beacon Marina Solomon's Island to Point Lookout Marina, Ridge (St. Mary's), MD
What a day!!! It was sunny and 73 degrees when we untied our lines at Beacon Marina on Solomon's Island, MD. The winds were 8 knots, gusting 11 knots. We headed a few hundred yards further up the creek to Spring Cove Marina to get fuel. There were a couple of boats at the fuel dock, so as we idled in place to wait, our engine died. We dropped anchor and Richard bled the fuel lines again, as he did the other day to get any air out. He feels we have an air leak somewhere in the system and he said this will be the first project he tackles when we arrive back home. He thankfully got the boat running again and we pulled up to the fuel dock (after a woman from a boat in one of the slips yelled to us that we were anchored in the middle of the channel. I wanted to say something snarky, but thankfully refrained, and only said that our engine died and we hadn't planned to anchor at all and would hopefully be gone as soon as my husband got it fixed). After fueling, we headed out of the Patuxent River and toward the Bay at 10 am. The Bay wasn't as calm as yesterday, but it wasn't too bad - only a bit choppy. We made it to the mouth of the Potomac River, where it meets the Bay, at 1:00 pm and to the Point Lookout Marina around 2:10 pm (after cruising 4 hrs, & 10 mins and 31 miles).
Our AC units kept dying once we were in the slip because the jelly fish are so thick here! Richard cleaned the sea strainer (that brings water in, instead of air like home heat pumps, and cools it to run the AC). But the jellyfish kept fouling up the strainer. We finally gave up and turned on all the fans and opened the doors to hopefully get a good breeze.
This marina also offers the use of bicycles to guests, so per our usual, we hopped on and toured around a bit.
We cooked dinner on the boat and had a nice, quiet evening. This is probably our last night on our Chesapeake Bay Loop, if the weather cooperates tomorrow. There's a 40% chance of rain and somewhat high winds forecasted, so we'll see....
