Sequoia Log:24 May- Depart Tides Inn headed for Mobjack Bay. NW-N winds made for lots of nice DDW out of the river. Saw Dolphins just off the Stingray Point coming out into the Bay. Attempted to anchor in Tabbs Creek, but couldn’t due to depth and crab pots. Anchored in Put In Creek instead. Nice anchorage- quiet (until we got there) and protected. 30.5 nautical miles.
Another fantastic day on the bay. We paraded out of the Tides and headed down to Mobjack Bay. The DDW was fun out of the Rappahannock River... Noon Somewhere put up their new kite, Synergy put up their kite, we can't go real deep with our kite- so we went wing-on-wing, and Motu-Iti did wing-on-wing as well. We don't get south on the bay very often, so seeing the dolphins a unique experience for Sequoia. The wind died as we got to Mobjack Bay, so we fired up the motor to get in. Both photos are Sequoia- second is passing Wolftrap Point light.Day 5 is on to Cape Charles...
Sequoia Log:23 May- Depart Grog Island headed for Tides Inn in the Rappahannock. Tides Inn was nice--- great pool and facilities, nice dinner. 17.5 nautical miles.If you haven't had the opportunity to go to the Tides Inn (www.tidesinn.com) on a cruise, do so! They have a nice facility for boaters, a beautiful pool, and a nice fine dining resteraunt. If we were to do it again, we'd anchor in one of the nearby creeks on the evening we arrived, then go to the Tides early the next day to enjoy the pool, biking, spa, etc... then have dinner in the resteraunt, stay the night and head out the next day. It was a welcome stop on our cruise. 
We also felt like the slip fees were not unreasonable for the facilities that were available (extra long pumpout hose, water, electricity, etc...). They even gave us our own private dining area, which in retrospect was a great idea :^)
Sequoia Log:22 May- Depart Crisfield 11:00… Winds NW 10-18. Arrived Grog Island 16:00. Anchored with NS, Moto Itu, and Synergy. Beautiful island and anchorage. 27.7 nautical miles.Grog Island (just inside Dymer Creek north of Windmill Pt) is the closest thing to the carribean that we have found in the Chesapeake Bay. It is a tiny little island that used to be part of the penninsula- but it is slowly erroding away. All it is missing is the beach bar. This is a great spot for doing some swimming when the water is warm. The shallows are all pretty easy to see from the surface- if it looks shallow, it is! This is definitely a spot that we will be returning to soon!
Sequoia Log:21 May- Depart 10:15 after taking on 32 gallons diesel and pump out. SW-S wind all day 13-17 kts. Anchored in Crisfield w/ Noon Somewhere 17:30. Cold front moved through between 22:00 and 02:00 with NW winds 30-40 kts. Reset anchor after drag due to 180* swing. 32 nautical miles. 
We had a great first day of our trip... going upwind, but nothing outrageous. No horrible beating or anything. It was a wee bit chilly for the first day. Definitely a sweater and long pants day. Note for the future: we should have set and dug in a second anchor since we knew the wind was going to do a major shift. Sunset photo is at Crisfield.
Another fantastic day on the bay. We paraded out of the Tides and headed down to Mobjack Bay. The DDW was fun out of the Rappahannock River... Noon Somewhere put up their new kite, Synergy put up their kite, we can't go real deep with our kite- so we went wing-on-wing, and Motu-Iti did wing-on-wing as well. We don't get south on the bay very often, so seeing the dolphins a unique experience for Sequoia. The wind died as we got to Mobjack Bay, so we fired up the motor to get in. Both photos are Sequoia- second is passing Wolftrap Point light.
