Friday 6/13/08 - South River, Selby Marina, Maryland

Well, it was indeed Friday the 13th. As Chris pulled up the anchor, he attempted to shower it with bay water from the bucket (man, we really need an anchor washdown). The line to the bucket broke and it promptly sunk. We were “true cruisers” today. We left the anchorage at 6:30 am to pull into a dock and use their water to hose down the boat and anchor before the dockmaster got to work at 8:00 am. We then filled up with fuel ($4.40/gallon) further down the “alley” and were on our way. We “intended” to anchor in South River tonight in Selby Bay. It was a glorious downwind sail today with cooler temps and Long Gone surfed her heart out at nearly 7 kts. up the Bay. “Aurora” went to the antique boat show in St. Michaels but we couldn’t get a slip and we figured the anchorages were so small that it would be packed, so we continued further north. We arrived here about 4:30, tried putting down the hook in Selby Bay, but the anchor kept dragging. This is a really shallow area and there was already a sailboat anchored and not much room for another. The “marina” near the anchorage was very old and the dockmaster saw our dilemma gestured us over and offered us the fuel dock for the night for $30! Cool! He’s Dutch, had sailed across the ocean in his steel sailboat, met a woman from the US in the Virgin Islands and stayed in the US (see, another story). Anyway, we are in for the night with AIR CONDITIONING (I’m in heaven). Tomorrow is a short hop to Annapolis and we have a slip reserved for 2 nights in Petrini’s Shipyard (beyond the bascule bridge across from downtown proper). It’s $2/ft. – very reasonable for Annapolis. Can’t wait to find a nice restaurant and perhaps a friendly guitar player who will indulge our quest for live music (where are you Dave?????)