We left Portsmouth at 6:50a and headed through the Hampton Roads area. The Navy is well represented here! Two carriers were in the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and two more were in their berths at the Norfolk Naval Station.
Photo: Canadian Frigate entering Hampton Roads
Compass Rose entered the waters of the Chesapeake Bay at 8:40a (where were the dolphins to greet us?!) Then we promptly entered a fog bank! With visibility down to nothing we continued on closely watching the radar and GPS. Despite NOAA's forecast of 2-3ft seas, the Bay was absolutley flat. We had a slight wind behind us plus a following current. So we decided to go for it and continue on to Solomons. At 4:35p we crossed back into Maryland. Nice to be back...we understand there is a new Governor since we left(?) After fourteen hours and twenty minutes we pulled into Calvert Marina in Solomons, MD. The owner, Matt Gambrills was even there to help us with our lines. We had covered 99 nm and it was a very easy cruise with Otto doing most of the work. Let's see what the weather has in store tomorrow...
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