The End is Near

 5/13- St Michaels to Swan Creek (Rock Hall)

   I let Alayne finish her coffee before we left today. There was some wind but not enough to move us so we motored out to the beginning of East Bay where we turned on a broad reach. I had debated whether or not to put a reef in but now I’m glad I did. The wind was 10-15 but as we turned more south it came more on the nose. We ended up having to tack a couple of times and still we weren’t going to make the corner. So I put on the motor and pushed us around the corner into the bay. Now the wind was south and right behind us so I dropped the main and stay sail and we ran with just the Yankee. We slowly crossed under the Bay Bridge and as it was getting late we looked to Mr Perkins once again. 

    We motored down a narrow and shallow creek to find our assigned mooring and tied up. This completed this section of our journey. We have been living on our boat since June last year a total of 11 months. We have traveled 3500 miles down almost the entire East coast of the US. Mr Perkins performed admirably chalking up some 520 hours. We still have more to go. 

   Our plan is for Nutmeg to be hauled out of the water here while we head back to Vermont and take care of a few things. It will be nice not to have to think about weather or tides for a while. I’m sure that within a week or so I will wish I was right back here. 

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