Sailing around Gwynn’s Island in the Chesapeake Bay on a Drascombe Lugger, Annie. With Steve Earley and Curt Bowman.
Manokin River Evening ~ Video
evening on Wolftrap Creek, Manokin River
Afternoon into evening. Sailing up narrow creeks and back out into broad bays. Beautiful sailing in a fresh breeze.
Rafted up for the evening, then anchoring out for the night.
The next morning all head back to Janes Island to haul out and head home.
Manokin River Afternoon ~ Video
Up the Manokin River
Spirited run up the Manokin River from Teague Creek. A downwind run in 12-15 knots.
All afternoon the Coast Guard broadcasted alerts of a vessel in distress.
Manokin River Morning ~ Video
Sailing from Janes Island up the Manokin River. The video above is from the first part of the day.
Manokin River ~ Janes Island to Teague Creek
Doug in his Cornish Shrimper Tidings
Forecasts call for clearing skies and tempering wind overnight. But back at camp the rain has not yet dissipated. In the evening, in the Executive Conference Room, there is some disagreement regarding the direction the company should take in the morning. The destination is not disputed – the Manokin River – just how best to get there. Wind will be out of the North, dead on the nose.
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Leaving Tangier on Shannon Kay III
leaving Tangier aboard the Shannon Kay III
By mid-afternoon we need to work our way back to the docks. We pass the house owned by the retired guy on the mailboat. It’s surrounded by ankle deep water and tall reeds waving in the wind. This corner of the island is lower. I remember even 40 years ago the streets here flooded at high tide, and yards carved from a sea of reeds.
another Tangier mirror found
Tangier Promenade ~ Chesapeake Float 2015
Mailboat Harbor, Tangier
Around the corner from the ferry dock is Lorraines’s, the only place on Tangier Island, we’re told, open for lunch today. It is closed. This according to Lorraine, who is sweeping the steps. Tonight is the Senior Prom, and the Prom Dinner is at Lorraine’s, so they’ve closed to decorate and make preparations.
She says, however, there is one table of four that has not been pulled into the banquet table and decorated, and she can set that for five. As long as we only want crab cakes she will serve us lunch.
Crab cakes it is.
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