Wye River to Dun Cove (Eastern Shore of Tilghman Island)

Left the Wye River and headed out to the Bay for a run south and then around Tilghman Island to Dun Cove on Tilghman’s eastern shore.

Hundreds of sails covered the Bay today as the wind finally blew 5 to 10 knots in most locations.  Not great but better than the most recent flat calm, windless days.

Took a photo of the “navigational hazard” that appears on charts where Bodkin Island once existed.  The first lighthouse on the Chesapeake Bay was constructed on Bodkin Island in 1822.  Since then, the island has disappeared into the Bay due to erosion as have other smaller islands.

http://www.cheslights.org/heritage/bodkin.htm

Passed Dogwood Harbor at the south end of Tilghman Island.  It is one of the few places watermen still carry on their work dredging for oysters with skipjacks and crabbing with their shallow draft workboats.  Over a dozen sailboats spent the night in Dun Cove as there are few good anchorages along Tilghman’s eastern shore and it is Labor Day Weekend.