A cold front blew in during the night. When we got up the wind was blowing hard from the north. We pulled away from the dock around 0800. The wind had really kicked up Chesapeake Bay. Although our heading was almost into the wind, we were anxious to set the sails. Before two hours had passed, the wind was blowing 15 to 20 knots with gusts to 34. The seas were 2 to 4 feet with some as high as 6 feet. Since the sails weren’t helping, John and Barry decided to furl the jib.
We were heading directly into the wind when suddenly the radar antenna, mounted above the first spreader, broke loose and came crashing to the deck. It knocked a hole in the deck near the cockpit where Barry had been sitting a few minutes before.
The weather wasn’t improving and we were all disheartened by what had happened so we decided to go up the Great Wicomico River and up Cockrell Creek to anchor near the town of Reedville, Virginia, instead of going on to Solomon Island, Maryland. I cooked potatoes and onions, chicken fried steak, and green beans for dinner.
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