I'll bet they got caught in one of the three fish traps just to the north
of Deale.

Probably. But then these have been there for quite a while and are well
known.

Last night's weather was miserable on the Chesapeake. I was making a mad
dash back from Dobbins to Annapolis when the USCG put out a Securite warning
of sudden heavy thunderstorms coming into the Bay not far from that
incident. I had my VHF on to hear the warning but had already seen it on
satellite weather. The suprise was it turning more northward after having
had a mostly easterly path. Go figure, summer weather. We made it back to
port just 3 minutes too late and got rather soaked. But as the last line
was tied the winds REALLY picked up. So better wet than tossed around
trying to dock (or anchor out).

The pitiful thing is a slip neighbor picked THAT day to make his first trip
out this season in his 30' Baba. Haven't heard from him yet. But I spent
the day getting props pulled and discovering the utterly ****ty job the
dealer did putting paint on the boat this past Spring. Jackasses at
Riverside didn't even get THAT right.