Decided not to stop at the island as the wind was so good. Ah the overconfidence of the sailor, seduced by a good breeze. We went out into the bay. Gusting 25 knots and choppy confused sea. Whoops. Not the calm and relaxing sail we had envisioned. However Bounty was a delight. We hit 9.2 knots on one wave. We learned that she does not like going dead downwind and what breaks down below when you are in choppy seas rolling from side to side. We had all the potholes and hatches open and didn't get a drop of water inside. We do love the roller reefing as we reefed the genoa but still had full main and mizzen. Must say we can totally understand why this bay has so many ship wrecks. Shoals, cross currents and then add spectacular thunderstorms and we are starting to think that sailing in the ocean is easier.
Anchored in Little Bay. We have been searching for a quiet anchorage and possibility of sighting wildlife. Gary has a book from the 1980's which describes the bay and these delightful anchorages. Well, so far we have visited three of these and they are wall to wall houses and properties. The wealth in America is quite astonishing. Every place seems to have a yacht, speedboat, jet ski and kayaks and all recent models. Of course you have to remember that just on the Potomac River, not including Washington, 6 million people live. Just a little different to NZ's 4 million for the entire country. As you can see from the photo, this is our quiet anchorage, complete with DJ and loud speakers. Mind you most of the music was from our era, Rolling Stones, Creedence and Elvis.
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