[C320-list] Chesapeake Bay Cruising/sailing

[Bob Borelli]

Scott,

I moor my C320 at Sailing Associates Inc. marina at Fredericktown / Gerogetown, Maryland on the Sassafras River.
About 10 miles east on the Sassafras River from the Upper Bay starting about Betterton Beach.

Transients welcome, walk up from the slip to two restaurants, music at both on Friday & Saturdays, the Granary or Kitty Knight House.
No marina's between Betterton and Fredericktown but plenty of anchorage.
No wake zone on this end of the river very popular for rafting up & overnight anchorage.

I like to sail from Sailing Associates, west, down river to anchor over night at Still Pond or north to a slip at Havre de Grace or to the C&D canal & Schafer's at Chesapeake City.  East on the C&D canal to the Delaware River, north to Philadelphia or south to Cape May.

>From Still Pond I have continued south on the Bay to anchor or marina at Worton Creek, Farilee Creek, Swan Creek & Rock Hall.
Across the bay to Baltimore.

The Sassafras is very nice!

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From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> on behalf of Doug Treff <doug at treff.us>
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 11:50 AM
To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Chesapeake Bay Cruising/sailing

Scott,

A couple of good groups to join on Facebook - Upper Chesapeake Sailing and Middle Chesapeake Bay Sailing. Though you may have to ask questions, as these sites are mostly locals sharing pictures and such. I'm sure people will be glad to jump in and help.

My knowledge if the bay south of Solomons is limited, so hopefully others can chime in with information from there.

Additionally, there are several C320 sailors on here who call the Chesapeake Bay home, and I'm sure we would be willing to share information. Hopefully, they will chime in. It's a wonderful cruising ground. From a sailing perspective, either May/June or September/October will likely yield better prevailing winds if you have the choice. When the dog days of July and August come along, there are a lot of windless days around here - and more thunderstorms. But no matter when you chose to do it, you'll have a lot of fun.

If you're bringing a dog, be sure to check with Troy Dunn - he has the scoop (no pun intended) on dog-friendly anchorages.

You can also get quite a bit of information from Active Captain, as well as the online Waterway Guide site.
https://activecaptain.garmin.com/en-US/
https://www.waterwayguide.com/explorer?latitude=38.58145263504284&longitude=-76.10641479492188&zoom=9

Some great towns to consider visiting, starting in the North - and in rough order moving South:
Havre De Grace
       Sassafrass River is a special place - plan on stopping there for a quiet night
Baltimore
Rock Hall
Chestertown
Annapolis - by mooring ball or marina - lots of great dinghy landings
Kent Narrows
St. Michaels
Oxford
Solomons
St. Mary's City

and countless quiet anchorages in between...

to name a few.

--
Doug Treff
doug at treff.us

On Wed, Nov 18, 2020, at 11:01 AM, Scott Westwood wrote:
> I am asking around several places for sources (mainly on-line) of where
> to go, where to anchor, etc... in the Chesapeake Bay area.  We have a
> list started but I might start spending some of those cold nights (if
> they ever come) reading up on highlights.  NOTE: We prefer to anchor
> out and dinghy in to walk/bike the towns and waterfronts.
> I know this is very subjective but (for example) is there a Facebook
> group focusing on the Chesapeake?  Prefer not to purchase paper books.
> We are starting to plan a trip there for June/July next year.  We have
> a bunch gathered already but we have time to read more.
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> Thanks,
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> Scott Westwood scottwestwood at bellsouth.net C (919)- 819-9794
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