first cruise on Salty Dog

[Panhdjoe]

We left Deltaville Va Monday, this is our first real cruise on our 1983 36 classic "Sallty Dog" We hit some serious rough water the first day out. That was my Welcome to the Chesapeake. The predicted 1 to 2 foot. seas turned out to be about 6 or 7. We had to turn tail and go into Reedville. Our destination is Baltimore, we anchored last night in Solomans dinghed in and ate dinner at Zahniser's. Tonight we are in Selby bay in the South river. We expect to make Baltimore tomorrow, suggestions on Marinas and restaurants would be welcome. The boat is doing well all systems are working well we even rode along in air condtioned comfort for awile today. I am especially enjoying the autopilot and Raymarine C120 chart plotter. The only problem so far was a pluged up bilge pickup. Solong for now. Joe

[Panhdjoe]

We just passed under Key bridge, rolling into the baltimore harbor

[DougSea]

Hope the trip is going well Joe. Enjoy!

[Panhdjoe]

We had a wonderful stay in Baltimore, we were at Henderson's wharf marina at Fells point 2 nights. We got water taxi passes and toured the Frigate Constellation and Torsk WW II submarine. We walked around a lot and generally ate to much.
On the way back we anchored in the Solomans again and then we made a run to Tangier Island, the island is a interesting place. We were out for 9 days and it was a good cruise.
It is very satisfying to have spent the last 3 months splitting time between SC and Deltaville working on the boat doing extensive maintenance, upgrades and repairs and go out for a cruise and encounter no problems with the boat. I only opened my tool box twice. for minor things. next is the trip to South Carolina.