Mile Hammock Bay Anchorage

Carol is currently visiting her mom in Sarasota and will return on Monday. I have moved the boat to Mile Hammock Bay an anchorage near Swan Point Marina and will be doing various boat chores until she returns. Yesterday, I did some basic cruise planning to carry us through Norfolk and into the Chesapeake. We do rough planning and then modify our plans as necessary due to weather or other circumstances.

Joe and Pat on Glory Days our mentors at the MTOA Rendezvous were anchored here last evening and I visited with them for decktails. The wind had increased in the afternoon to 15 knots. I lowered the dinghy and drove to their boat for a visit. About a half hour later the anchor on Reunion began to slip, another boater noticed the problem and began to blow a horn to alert everyone. Joe and I scrambled into the dinghy and drove to Reunion, the anchor grabbed again and slowed the movement. I started the engine and Joe raised the anchor from the upper helm. The first reset of the anchor failed and we moved to another open spot in the bay, this time the anchor held firm. The depth at the new anchorage was only 4.5 feet at middle tide, all was well through the evening and this morning I moved to a deeper location. Scary but everything turned out well. Many thanks to Joe and Pat.

Regular Blogs will begin again on Tuesday when we move on.

A rather open anchorage

Most boats departed this morning