HHSA Crazy Hat Cruise to Saltworks Creek June 6 and 7

We finally have the boat ready for our first weekend cruise with the Herrington Harbour Sailing Association (HHSA).  This is the Crazy Hat Cruise to Saltworks Creek on the Severn River just north of Annapolis.

We sailed for a couple of hours with the wind on our nose and one reef in the sail.  By noon we switched to engine power since we were not making great time up the bay and wanted to arrive in time for cocktail hour.  We caught up with Skylark, a Catalina 400 and Diva II, a Catalina 380 at the mouth of the Severn River and followed them to Saltworks Creek.  The entrance was a little tricky and we touched bottom a few times but quickly recovered and got back into the main channel.

The anchorage was spectacular.  Quiet and good holding.  Several boats rafted up and served as the party platforms.  We anchored out alone not far from the rest of the group.  Nine HHSA boats shared the anchorage.

Brother Brian joined us for the weekend.  So, of course we went as Packer Backers and wore our cheese heads.  Apparently, commercially made hats made of plastic cheese were insufficiently original to win the top prize in the crazy hat contest.  A real bird's nest and fake bird on a genuine straw hat won the crowd's approval.




 Brian put together a video of our journey.