Gunkholing

We departed Annapolis yestersay morning after refueling.  I almost ran us aground in the harbor but we found the channel and made our way to the shipping channel.  We really enjoyed Annapolis.  The people were great, the boating community has everything for the boater, even a water taxi service to your boat if you don't want to dingy to a spot.  We said our goodbys to Stanley and exchanged emails and phone numbers.  Such a great guy is hard to find.  We heard on the VHF one of the other trawlers we have been seeing along the way but did not get close enough to say hello in person. In the channel the wind was on our nose, the tide was againist us and we were only making about 4kts headway.  Denniese was below when we heard a loud horn.  A freighter had come up behind and waited until he was about 50 yds away befor letting us know he wanted to pass. After I recomposed myself I moved over to the side of the channel and let him pass.  Dennniese got a great shot of the bridge of the freighter.  The winds died down in the afternoon and we found a great place to anchor in about 10 feet of water in a cove at Turner Creek off the Sassafras River near the mouth of the Chesapeake.  Today we will transit the C&D Canal, which is a man-made canal that connects the Chespeake Bay and the Delaware Bay, and exit into Deleware Bay.  Gunkholing is the term for anchoring in shallow water away from commercial trafic. Such a wonderful experince.