Felt like a postal carrier

[Sea Gull]

We went through rain, wind and hail to get here, but we made it to Baltimore Inner Harbor!

We have had a great cruise so far. From CT we stopped in Port Washington, NY for the first night. Early Sunday morning we cruised through NY harbor and down the NJ coast. While in NY harbor we were watching the new AIS receiver and at one point we had 137 targets tracked from up to 59 miles away!

As we passed we tried to hail One Sweet Day on the VHF, but no luck. We made it to Cape May be early afternoon and had a nice couple of days.

Today we made the passage to Baltimore with ideal conditions until we hit the inner harbor. There was significant lightening followed by torrential rain and hail the size of a quarter. The wind was clocked at up to 60 knots. We stood off until the weather subsided and came out of it unscathed. A church in the city was struck by lightening and was burning while we docked at the Inner Harbor Marina.

The marina is very nice, but empty. I am sitting here looking at 2 empty slips to port and 14 empty slips to starboard. We are about to head to Little Italy for dinner and will spend the next few days enjoying all that Baltimore has to offer.

Our crew heads home tomorrow afternoon, so it will be just 2 of us rattling around on this boat for the next week, until more friends join us for the trip home.

I hope you are all having as good a time as we are aboard Sea Gull II.

:thumbsup:

 

[Dave S]

Glad you came thru the bad weather OK and are enjoying the trip. Post some pictures if you get a chance. :thumbsup:

 

[Four Suns]

Here's a picture of the XM weather from my bridge probably about the time you were getting in. Note the red line around the bay and Baltimore:

 

[osd9]

Hey Jeff.....sorry we missed you hailing on Sunday. We had company early Saturday and Sunday and didn't get out on the bay until about 4PM. I was actually giving you a hail also as I knew you were some where enroute.....Maybe I'll get you on the VHF on the Sunday your heading north as I'm heading south....

Glad you guys made it through the weather OK. Post a few tips on which restaurant in Little Italy you've hit. I looking forward to the Canoli buffet on Monday nights... :grin:

Safe trip....say hello to all onboard.......see you soon.... :thumbsup:

 

[Sea Gull]

The hail was the strangest part. At first I thought someone was throwing rocks at us from shore. It was pouring rain, but there were large spalshes all around and lots bouncing off the hard top and deck. The electrical display was awesome and we were glad that we were surrounded be tall buildings at that point.

Dinner last night was at Sabatinos in Little Italy. It was good and inexpensive, but I am sure that there are lots of others there that fit the bill.

 

[AndersonAcres]

XM weather leaves a lot to be desired for those like me that are color deficient. I'm 'red-green color blind' to some degree, and the XM display needs some work on the "presentation layer" IMO.

 

[osd9]

Jeff...we're heading south this Friday (so long as the T-Storms hold off). What's your schedule the rest of this and early next week? We'll give you a shout of 9.