On 2007-10-29 20:03:29 -0400, "Bill Kearney" wkearney-99@hot-mail-com said:

get underway so that you're not getting in after dark.

On the Chesapeake I'd stay in the main channel after dark, or near to
it. It'll likely to be free of obstructions, but you'll of course have
to avoid commercial traffic if it's present. And those freighters are
moving a lot faster than they look!

I had marked other posts to respond to but this one encapsulates them.
Above about Annapolis, this is particularly true, and fish traps and
crab traps are uncomfortably regular to even 30 foot depths. The
Solomons had a particularly nasty fish trap that extended into about 35
feet.

I'm not often enough below the Solomons to offer current info, but our
experience has been that these things are far less a problem.

Still, if you see a light, particularly a flashing one, my recommendation is
to steer to deeper water.
--
Jere Lull
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