GL: Chesapeake anchorage, So MD - No VA

[Jim Ague]

> We are going to leave Annapolis and will want to make 85 to 95 miles going 
> south; any suggestions for good places to anchor-out?
>
After 5 years live-aboarding on the ICW on a Monk 36, here's my opinions.

85 to 95 NM(?) seems like an awfully long day, especially the short sunlit 
ones we have this time of year. The Chesapeake doesn't look comfortable 
until at least Wednesday. I'm seeing 2 or more foot waves and 10+ knots 
until then. (http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/AN/630.html, 
http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/AN/534.html). We never travelled unless 
waves were <=2' and winds <=10kts. But then we didn't have a schedule.

But if you're determined, www.activecaptain.com is a good resource, and 
Dymer Creek off Fleets Bay (37 40N, 76 21N) has plenty of snug little 
anchorages for westerlies.

-- Jim Ague