Havre de Grace

Charles and I saw each other briefly in the airport as he was departing for home and I was making my way back to Edward in Annapolis. Edward and Zuly picked me up from the airport and as soon as we arrived back at the boat, we immediately departed for the 5.5 hour (51 NM) sail toward Havre de Grace. Just as we were docking at the Log Pond Marina, Edward realized the thrusters were not operational on the fly bridge. We both felt the “uh oh” of that moment, but thankfully neither of us panicked. I took over the thrusters in the pilot house and he was able to move quickly to the cockpit station and resumed docking without issue. There are several things in this scenario that I was grateful for: I was grateful we were wearing our headsets so that we could communicate quickly, and that we had calm winds that allowed a potentially stressful situation to be fleeting and minimal. I was grateful that Edward is calm under pressure, and I was grateful that there was a duplicate driving station that saved us. The docking went smoothly from that point on, and we woke up the next morning to the buzz of the Saturday morning farmer’s market! There was a line 20 people long for the bread (we highly recommend the Sun Buns from the Evergrain Bread Company.) They were worth waiting in line for. I was excited to find beautiful vegetables, some amazing blueberries, and some fresh flowers for the boat. We spent the rest of the day mostly indoors because temperatures were nearing 100, but we did spend a little time walking around the town visiting antique shops and the Market Street Brewery. Zuly stayed inside where it was cool. She’s perhaps smarter than we are. The next morning we walked Zuly to Concord Point Coffee and had an iced coffee to cool off. And we were ready to set sail…next stop: anchoring out at Still Pond Anchorage.