I was awakened around 0630 by the sound of an engine running nearby. The people on a 44 foot CSY sailboat docked Perpendicular to us were trying to leave but our bow was blocking them from backing out and the wind and current were keeping them from springing it out. They were very anxious to leave so I woke Dora up . I got Seascape ready while Dora walked Sailor. We were off the dock by 0715 and on our way to Crisfield, MD.
The wind was blowing 15 to 20 mph out of the west causing us to roll a little crossing Tangier Sound. We arrived at Crisfield at 1030 and docked at Somers Cove Marina which is a huge marina run by the state of Maryland. A young woman directed us into a slip that proved to be too narrow for Seascape and we wedged to a stop about half way in. She finally put us on one of the numerous face docks. The docks were built in sections over the years, many of them in 1962. Some have old creosoted pilings that are weeping tar got all over one of our dock lines.
We checked in and found out that they didn’t have wifi as indicated in the cruising guide and charged more, because it was a weekend, than the guide listed. All in all, we weren’t impressed by the marina or the town of Crisfield, especially when they were charging us over $81.00 for the one night stay.
We walked around town, went to the grocery and drug stores and did the laundry. By evening we were tired and ready to go somewhere else. Unfortunately, our forwarded mail had not arrived at the post office so we will probably have to come back to get it in a week or so.
We made plans to go south on Chesapeake Bay’s western shore to the Pocomoke River and up the River about 14 miles to Pocomoke City, MD.
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