June 20, 2000 -- Deltaville Here We Come!

At 1100 GMT, we raised the anchor and headed up the Chesapeake Bay. It was a pretty comfortable trip, though the winds would not cooperate and stay in our sail area. At 1330, we saw an enormous sea turtle lounging in the water. He was completely oblivious to us. Throughout the day, we had seen these square blocky things that really moved fast. At 1500, we finally got a good look at one. It happened to be one that was heading straight for us, that turned when it got about 1 nautical mile off. It was a military hovercraft and they are amazingly tough looking. We arrived at 1745 GMT and set the anchor in Fishing Bay. Once we arrived there, we dropped the dinghy. Mike sent me into town to do some provisioning. I went to Ruark's Marina. I called the Deltaville Town and Country Market, they will pick you up and drop you back off as long as you spend at least $25.00 there. While I did that, Mike sat anchor watch. He also took the starboard aft locker apart looking for a reason why our autopilot was acting erratically, or at least more erratically than it has. We are wandering a little more than normal right now. He found a wire had fallen relatively close to the compass. That could be it, maybe. Anyway, we will find out the next time we are underway. We spent a quiet evening aboard the boat enjoying the evening and relaxing after a day underway