[C320-list] Of possible interest to Chesapeake sailors: LaTrappe and Knapps Narrows

[Scott Thompson]

Continuing what was the Facebook thread...

Bev, I'm wondering if you went to LaTrappe and if so whether you went 
through Knapps Narrows. We arrived there Tuesday night after a 
boisterous sail into a strong southerly, and were there Wed and Thursday 
riding out the very strong winds and enjoying the scenery. We had the 
place pretty much to ourselves.

Yes we have a dog! (Someone should write a book about good places to 
sail with dogs. Between shoreside development and rising sea level it's 
harder to find a good beach to take our Labrador ashore than it was 30 
years ago.) Very high tides due to the strong southerly were putting the 
spit close to entirely underwater at high tide, which seems to be an 
increasingly common phenomena over the years.

On the return we tried going through Knapps Narrows E to W at low tide. 
We had no problem in the east channel but ran aground right next to red 
4 marker on the way out the west side. My Navionics sonar chart 
indicated that deeper water was to the right (i.e. North) towards the 
old channel marker, so we tried going in that direction only to run 
aground again. Fortunately I was able to back off in each case. We 
watched two other boats come through the other direction more or less 
where we were trying but I think they drew less. The Northerly Friday 
morning probably did not help. In the end we turned around, went back 
through the bridge and circumnavigated Tilghman Island to get back out 
into the Bay.

Hope you were more successful if you tried that route.

Scott Thompson
Surprise, #653

On 6/6/2020 4:25 PM, Bev Wright wrote:
> Scott,  thanks for your post about previous rendezvous cruises.  Let's see
> where we are next season.   I have been to the Magothy but not to Cattail
> Creek, I'll have to check it out on a chart.  Sorry that we might miss you
> in La Trappe - we will arrive around 4 pm on Saturday and depart probably
> around 10 am on Sunday.  Do you have a dog?  I do now so I love it for that
> reason plus we usually get good winds crossing the Bay and up the Choptank.
> Have a good weekend - I hope it doesn't rain - there is some prediction of
> that for Sunday.
>
> PS - I meant to change the subject line when I first posted so I'm changing
> it here. I'm on the digest so I don't see replies individually and end up
> with the list in the subject line.
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> Bev Wright
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> 1993 C-320 "Whoosh" #15
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> Deale, MD (Chesapeake Bay, HHN)
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> Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 22:33:14 -0400
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> Bev, there have been rendezvous meetings of the association several times on
> the Chesapeake in Solomons and Annapolis. Nothing too recent however. Last
> year we tried to arrange a fall 320 cruise but weather and personal
> schedules kept interfering.
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> Personally, my wife and I are at high risk for Covid-19 and so will be
> avoiding raft ups this year. However it's a great idea for the future if we
> can do it safely and get it organized.
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> We are on Cattail Creek, just off the Magothy and there are at least two
> other 320s on the same creek. We are headed out this weekend for a cruise
> and hope to get to La Trappe (my absolute favorite place on the Chesapeake!)
> but will need to depart from there before you arrive in order to get back
> home on time to meet work commitments.
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> Scott Thompson
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> Surprise, #653
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Scott Thompson
Surprise, #653