[Rhodes22-list] Chesapeake Re: steaming light fun .... mystery partially solved

Thu May 14 17:26:13 EDT 2009

Lee:

Where did you get this weather link?  It looks like you can customize
locations?

Leland wrote:
> 
> Mike,
> 
> Might be a wet start but the extended forecast looks promising:
> 
>  http://www.gophillips.org/weather.html
> http://www.gophillips.org/weather.html 
> 
> Your cruise sounds ambitious to this daysailor, but it would be great to
> meet you if things work out.  Annapolis is on my way home from work.  Kent
> Narrows is less than a mile away.  Crab Alley runs through my backyard.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Lee
> 202.476.5369
> 
> 
> 
> Mary Lou Troy-2 wrote:
>> 
>> Mike,
>> A few answers to your Chesapeake questions.
>> 
>> Sketchy plans are good. You' do want to take your planning tools and 
>> be flexible. Your plan (Annapolis, St. Michael's, Rock Hall) is a bit 
>> ambitious but doable if the weather cooperates. If you could squeeze 
>> an extra day in there it would be easier. I wouldn't try to go as far 
>> as the Choptank.
>> 
>> If you are looking for an anchorage in the Magothy, I can personally 
>> recommend the big triangular cove at the top of Gibson Island (often 
>> called Eagle Cove or Eagle's Nest but not marked as such on any 
>> chart). It's quite beautiful. If you want something a little more 
>> sheltered if the winds are kicking up the cove on the east side of 
>> the island in Broad Creek is very nice. the island barely shows as 
>> such on the charts but it's very visible once you are there.
>> 
>> Crossing the Chesapeake is generally only a couple of hours depending 
>> on wind direction. If it's on the nose, it could take a lot longer 
>> under sail. Remember to add the time from the Chesapeake proper to 
>> your destination to your calculations. I.E., it's probably only an 
>> hour plus a little from the Severn to Bloody Point at the mouth of 
>> Eastern Bay but if you are headed to St. Michael's, it's a good half 
>> hour from your mooring in Annapolis harbor to the mouth of the Severn 
>> and it's probably another 2 to 3 hours motoring from Bloody Point up 
>> Eastern Bay and down the Miles to St. Michael's. (My distance chart 
>> says 14 nm from Bloody Point Light to St. Michaels - might be 14.5 by 
>> the time you get into a slip).
>> 
>> There ought to be moorings available in Annapolis. Later in the 
>> season, we tell people to get there around noon because that's when 
>> people who are leaving have to vacate. This time of year it shouldn't 
>> be a problem even on a Saturday. If the moorings in the main harbor 
>> are taken, there are usually some available up past the drawbridge 
>> which opens on the hour and half hour (except weekday rush 
>> hours).  If the winds are from the South or East the main anchorage 
>> gets rolly and it's better up under the bridge. Naval academy 
>> graduation is Friday 5/22 so the city may be starting to get busy. 
>> While you are out and about toward the end of your stay watch for the 
>> Blue Angels practicing. They may not start practicing until Wed. but 
>> they do a fly-by for the graduation and we often see them ahead of time.
>> 
>> St. Michaels is a full day trip from Annapolis or Rock Hall - 
>> especially if you want to sail. It's worth it but you ought to spend 
>> a good portion of a day at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. 
>> Michaels. I just compiled marina listings for a sailing association 
>> trip there. I'll send them to in a separate email back channel.
>> 
>> Kent Narrows drawbridge opens on the hour and half hour. Make sure 
>> you call to let them know you are waiting. If you call on the VHF, 
>> other boats waiting will hear you and know you are there. There was 
>> at least one instance where I had to call on the cell phone because I 
>> couldn't get an acknowledgement on the VHF. The current is really 
>> strong through there so if you are waiting give yourself room to circle.
>> 
>> We generally figure 4.5 - 5 hours motoring for Rock Hall to St. 
>> Michaels. Motoring time Rock Hall to the Magothy is about 3 hours. 
>> Rock Hall to Annapolis is just under 4 hours motoring.
>> 
>> We'll be out of town until Monday afternoon. Would be glad to connect 
>> after that.
>> 
>> Mary Lou
>> 1991 R22  Fretless
>> Rock Hall, MD
>> 
>> 
>> At 08:21 AM 5/13/2009, you wrote:
>>>Still planning on a Chesapeake run this Friday through next Wednesday. 
The
>>>weather for the early part is not encouraging, but looks better from
Monday
>>>on.
>>>
>>>Sketchy plans still:
>>>
>>>Friday, launch in or near the Magothy, overnight nearby; probably on the
>>>hook
>>>Saturday, Annapolis for the afternoon, dinner and overnight; probably on
a
>>>mooring if we can get one
>>>Sunday through Tuesday .... cruise the Chesapeake roughly between Rock
Hall
>>>(to the North) and the Choptank (to the South); we'd like to hit Rock
Hall,
>>>St Michaels, and maybe Kent Narrows enroute between them, but the wind
and
>>>weather will have a lot of say in when we end up where.
>>>Wednesday, back to our launch point, haul out, and head back to Ohio.
>>>
>>>Will firm things up a bit if I can after looking over the cruising guides
>>>piled on my work table and maybe connect with some of you Chesapeake
Rhodies
>>>(Mary Lou and the Crab Alley Rhodie esp.) if things work out.
>>>
>>>For the Chesapeake Rhodies ... a question or two .... It sure looks like
in
>>>most places in the cruising range we're planning to use that we should be
>>>able to cross the Chesapeake in about an hour or two.  Is that pretty
much
>>>your experience?  It also looks like St Michaels to Rock Hall (or vice
>>>versa) should be easily done in a day of sailing.  Is that reasonable?
>>>
>>>We'll probably dry provision Muireann and plan to take dinners ashore
most
>>>nights.  It's our first long cruise and I don't want it to be too much
like
>>>camping for my Admiral.  I'm thinking that of the five nights we won't
spend
>>>more than two on the hook, but since I'm not making marina reservations,
>>>that could be an underestimate.
>>>
>>>Muireann is sporting her new sails so she'll be a red hulled R22 with
black
>>>Sunbrella on the sails.  She's got her hull number (113) on her genoa.
>>>
>>>Mike Cheung
>>>s/v Muireann
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Mike Cheung wrote:
>>> >
>>> > I'm troubleshooting a recalcitrant steaming/anchor light and am
>>> slightly
>>> > perplexed.  The forward masthead/anchor light, which is also the
>>> steaming
>>> > or running light, has not been lighting so far this season.  I finally
>>> > carried a multimeter up to Muireann and checked things out more
>>> > quantitatively.  As you know there are four pins on the mast wiring
>>> > harness for lights.  The one at 10 o'clock appears to be the ground. 
>>> The
>>> > next one clockwise at 2 o'clock or so appears to be the aft anchor
>>> light
>>> > and is working when the anchor light switch is on.  One would expect
>>> that
>>> > another pin would also be energized then for the front anchor light /
>>> > steaming light, but it is not.  Okay, maybe that's the problem because
>>> the
>>> > front light is not lit when running light is selected either.  But, a
>>> > check of continuity shows continuity only between the ground pin and
>>> the
>>> > aft anchor light pin.  This implies that both the foward anchor light
>>> /
>>> > steaming light bulb is out (hence not continuity) and that there is a
>>> > problem getting power to whatever pin it is connected to on the four
>>> pin
>>> > harness.  Since the probability of this is the product of the
>>> individual
>>> > failure probabilities, I'm suspicious.  Anything I"m missing here?
>>> >
>>>
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