I wasn't too thrilled to be out on the Bay in good weather on a
holiday weekend with all the crazies, but I thought Bob was getting
impatient to do something with the boat. Because except for two days
with our grandson in July, we haven't been anywhere except from the
haul slip to our slip this summer. Monday, I called Mr. Parks of
Parks Marina in Tangier and asked him if we could tie up to the dock
by the marina office on Wednesday night, and I called the Onancock
marina for Friday night. Mr Parks said not to get there before 2 pm
because there was usually a crab boat loading until then.

Tuesday, August 28th - We decided to move onto the boat this
afternoon, and as usual, I was packing at the last minute while Bob
was ready hours ahead. It was hot, and took two trips in the cart.
Bob did not start the refrigeration - just took a cooler. That means
that we don't have any cold water to drink.

After we got things stowed, we went to Schiebles for dinner. Bob had
a crabcake sandwich with applesauce, and I had a crab toast appetizer.
This was a kind of large matzo - pizza type crust with crab meat on
the top, topped with cheese. Very good. The cashier left before we
finished so we had to wait quite a while for someone to take our
money. In addition to being closed on Monday, after Labor Day they
are closing for Tuesday and maybe Wednesday too.

Then we came back to the boat and put the cushions in the cockpit and
made the beds. I found that I could use the marina wireless network
in the cockpit , but not in the cabin.

Wednesday, August 29th

Finally got underway about 8. It is almost dead calm in the marina -
the water is smooth and unruffled except by passing wakes. Bob tried
to put the sails up for a bit, but the wind was from the east, and
that's where we were heading. I called Somers Cove Marina in
Crisfield and they said we could come in for Thursday night but would
absolutely have to leave on Friday by noon because they were expecting
130 boats in that day.

As we passed Point Lookout, I noticed that there is some kind of
building that has been built almost in front of it so you can't really
see it from the river mouth, and almost not at all from the bay.
There's also a big pier out from near there on the Bay side which I
don't remember.

We ate some fried chicken in the cockpit about noon. The Chesapeake
Breeze (the Reedville Tangier ferry) sped past us at 2:15. We reached
the Green 1 for the Bay entrance to Tangier at 2:30. Bob said he
didn't see any less than 10 feet all the way in.

Mr Parks came out and helped us to tie up. It costs $30/night for a
boat over 30 feet plus $5 for electricity. The trip to Tangier took
about 5.5 hours, puttering along at about 5 knots.

I tried to call the Reedville marina from the Potomac, but they don't
answer the phone if the restaurant is not open. I tried from Tangier,
but I got no cell service.

Mr. Parks said he'd take us on a tour, but he wasn't around, so we
walked up into town - I had in mind to go to Spanky's for ice cream,
but it was closed because all the ferries had left. My back was
really painful and I couldn't walk upright at all. We started to walk
back, stopping to rest frequently.

Mr. Parks saw us when he came up to get his mail on a motor scooter
and came back in a golf cart. One problem - there wasn't room in the
cart for three of us - it was a two seater. So I sat on the outside,
with one cheek on the edge. I kept having to resist the opportunity
to brace myself on the passing fences (streets and alleys are VERY
narrow). We saw the museum, which said it was open, but didn't stop.

We went past the fire department and he showed us where the school had
to be raised several feet because of flooding. On the way back and
Mr. Parks looked to see if the grocery store had ice, but they were
out. He said he didn't make ice anymore - the electricity for an ice
maker was too expensive-- running a heat pump in the winter cost him
$800/month.

After I rested and loaded pictures to the computer, we walked back to
the Channel Marker for dinner about 6 (We ate at Hilda Crocketts last
time we were here.). At first it didn't seem to be open, but
eventually we were seated (although the sign said 6-8 kids only 8-10
adults only).

They gave us a small loaf of bread with honey butter. The bread was
almost toast - it seemed like it had been reheated multiple times. Bob
had one of the specials - crabcake sandwich with a cup of vegetable
crab soup for $12.95. The soup looked excellent - full of bright
colorful tomatoes. I had crab meat sauteed in butter with cole slaw
and green beans for $15.99 from the regular menu. It was very good.

When we walked back to the marina, we saw multiple adolescent cats.
Last time all the cats were grown cats- this time they were all little
ones.

About dusk another boat came in and went through between the piling
off our stern and us - their fishing pole scraped along our dinghy.
They were French, and came from Deltaville through the Sound side
entrance because they thought the Bay side had only 4 feet depth. Our
boat was too low in relation to the pier for me to get off, so I
couldn't help them tie up and Bob was already undressed. The
mosquitoes started to be bad, so I finally convinced Bob to put in the
screen in the companionway hatch and close the other hatches that
weren't screened.

We were having trouble pumping out the toilet on the boat. Bob thinks
there is something blocking the vent. But it is on the port side and
we are docked starboard side to.

Thursday Aug 30- Today we have a very short distance to go, but Bob is
impatient to be off. It was hard to get him to wait even until 8 am
yesterday. The bikes from the other boat are out on the pier and they
don't appear to be up yet..

We motored out of Tangier toward the Tangier Sound side. The French
boat said they touched here last night but I didn't find out what
their draft was. The mail boat came up behind us and passed, and then
the depth sounder started to go on and off. Bob said it was from mud
they stirred up. There was almost no wind, so Bob didn't even attempt
to pull out the sails.

We were in sight of the Jane's Island Light by about 8:50 and were
passing the spider outside of Crisfield (which has warning signs on
it) by 10:20.

It is no longer difficult to find the entrance to the
Crisfield harbor because there is a huge condominium right on the
north side of the entrance. As we came in, I could see that there
was a fair set up on the grounds between the museum and the marina
office with a Ferris wheel and others of those type rides.

I called the marina on the radio, and they said we'd be "half the
Delta T". Initially, I couldn't figure out what that meant, but it
was D dock on the T head. We got tied up and I went up and paid. Bob
bought ice and took it back to the boat. The trip from Tangier to
Crisfield was 12.4 nautical miles.

I expected that Bob would come back for me and we would go to lunch,
but he though I would come back to the boat before we went to lunch. I
was still having trouble walking and didn't want to walk any more than
necessary. Especially since the Fair had erected chain link fence
which meant we could only go out either the main gate or the
pedestrian gate all the way over at the other end of the marina by the
museum. We couldn't even get to the bathrooms except the ones by the
pool.

Eventually I did walk back to the boat, and we walked out the museum
entrance and went to the Waterman's Inn which was the closest to that
gate. I had a spinach, egg and bacon salad ($9.95), and Bob had a
bowl of cream of crab soup. After I hobbled back to the marina, I
went for a nice swim. I lay in the shade and the wind made it almost
cold while I dried off.

I tried to call Reedville Marina again and this time called the
referral number (the restaurant wasn't open until 5) and got an
answering machine. So while I had service I called Onancock and asked
if we could stay another day, and then called the other marina in
Reedville for Sunday night. They said their restaurant there closed
about 3.

We started to walk out to the Cove Restaurant (through the main gate)
about 5:15. We both had a non-alcoholic Ole Island Pina Colada
($3.99). Then I had a prime rib sandwich ($10.99) and Bob had a
crabcake sandwich ($9.99). He said it was the best crab cake he's
ever eaten. Both of us had fruit for the side and neither of us ate
the bread of the sandwich. I had a Kid's Ice Cream Sundae for dessert
($1.99) and Bob had Chocolate Beyond Reason ($5.99) which was three
layers of chocolate and caramel cake filled with chocolate mousse and
finished with chocolate butter icing. .We finished dinner about 6:15,
just after a LARGE party came in to eat. I expected them to make it
noisy, but they didn't.

I've decided that there is an Eastern Shore dialect which I can hear
fine, but I don't understand but about one word in five. Maybe I am
just getting deafer.

After dinner, I took the computer up to try to log in on the dial up
modem. After several attempt to find a local number (unsuccessful), I
finally used the 800#. It was very slow and I wanted to find
additional local numbers, but I couldn't even get to that page of the
website.

While I was there a policeman came in and asked if I had
called to complain about trespassers. I said no. He said that Susan,
the manager had called. I said that no I wasn't Susan, and that maybe
she was in the office. Later, I heard him outside talking to Susan,
and I guess that the complaint was something to do with the carnival
workers.

The reason for all the activity is that the 60th running of the hard
crab races was on Saturday, plus there were concerts and other
celebrations.

A couple came in and so I got off the phone and let them have it, and
then went back to the boat. I was gone long enough that Bob had a
chance to watch 'his' TV shows without me there to complain.

The forecast had been for thunderstorms on Thursday when the front
went through, and I thought if there were thunderstorms that Crisfield
would be a good place to be. But we didn't see any rain at all.

grandma Rosalie

S/V RosalieAnn, Leonardtown, MD
CSY 44 WO #156
http://home.mindspring.com/~gmbeasley/id1.html

Good cruise report, thanks.

Do you know what the maximum draft is for getting in and out of
Tangier and Crisfield?

We plan on spending most of October in the Chesapeake as we head
south. Two years ago we spent some time in Baltimore Inner Harbor, St
Michaels and Solomons. This year we're looking for some new ideas.
Our draft is about 5 1/2 ft fully loaded.


On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:57:14 -0400, Rosalie B.
wrote:

I wasn't too thrilled to be out on the Bay in good weather on a
holiday weekend with all the crazies, but I thought Bob was getting
impatient to do something with the boat. Because except for two days
with our grandson in July, we haven't been anywhere except from the
haul slip to our slip this summer. Monday, I called Mr. Parks of
Parks Marina in Tangier and asked him if we could tie up to the dock
by the marina office on Wednesday night, and I called the Onancock
marina for Friday night. Mr Parks said not to get there before 2 pm
because there was usually a crab boat loading until then.

Tuesday, August 28th - We decided to move onto the boat this
afternoon, and as usual, I was packing at the last minute while Bob
was ready hours ahead. It was hot, and took two trips in the cart.
Bob did not start the refrigeration - just took a cooler. That means
that we don't have any cold water to drink.

After we got things stowed, we went to Schiebles for dinner. Bob had
a crabcake sandwich with applesauce, and I had a crab toast appetizer.
This was a kind of large matzo - pizza type crust with crab meat on
the top, topped with cheese. Very good. The cashier left before we
finished so we had to wait quite a while for someone to take our
money. In addition to being closed on Monday, after Labor Day they
are closing for Tuesday and maybe Wednesday too.

Then we came back to the boat and put the cushions in the cockpit and
made the beds. I found that I could use the marina wireless network
in the cockpit , but not in the cabin.

Wednesday, August 29th

Finally got underway about 8. It is almost dead calm in the marina -
the water is smooth and unruffled except by passing wakes. Bob tried
to put the sails up for a bit, but the wind was from the east, and
that's where we were heading. I called Somers Cove Marina in
Crisfield and they said we could come in for Thursday night but would
absolutely have to leave on Friday by noon because they were expecting
130 boats in that day.

As we passed Point Lookout, I noticed that there is some kind of
building that has been built almost in front of it so you can't really
see it from the river mouth, and almost not at all from the bay.
There's also a big pier out from near there on the Bay side which I
don't remember.

We ate some fried chicken in the cockpit about noon. The Chesapeake
Breeze (the Reedville Tangier ferry) sped past us at 2:15. We reached
the Green 1 for the Bay entrance to Tangier at 2:30. Bob said he
didn't see any less than 10 feet all the way in.

Mr Parks came out and helped us to tie up. It costs $30/night for a
boat over 30 feet plus $5 for electricity. The trip to Tangier took
about 5.5 hours, puttering along at about 5 knots.

I tried to call the Reedville marina from the Potomac, but they don't
answer the phone if the restaurant is not open. I tried from Tangier,
but I got no cell service.

Mr. Parks said he'd take us on a tour, but he wasn't around, so we
walked up into town - I had in mind to go to Spanky's for ice cream,
but it was closed because all the ferries had left. My back was
really painful and I couldn't walk upright at all. We started to walk
back, stopping to rest frequently.

Mr. Parks saw us when he came up to get his mail on a motor scooter
and came back in a golf cart. One problem - there wasn't room in the
cart for three of us - it was a two seater. So I sat on the outside,
with one cheek on the edge. I kept having to resist the opportunity
to brace myself on the passing fences (streets and alleys are VERY
narrow). We saw the museum, which said it was open, but didn't stop.

We went past the fire department and he showed us where the school had
to be raised several feet because of flooding. On the way back and
Mr. Parks looked to see if the grocery store had ice, but they were
out. He said he didn't make ice anymore - the electricity for an ice
maker was too expensive-- running a heat pump in the winter cost him
$800/month.

After I rested and loaded pictures to the computer, we walked back to
the Channel Marker for dinner about 6 (We ate at Hilda Crocketts last
time we were here.). At first it didn't seem to be open, but
eventually we were seated (although the sign said 6-8 kids only 8-10
adults only).

They gave us a small loaf of bread with honey butter. The bread was
almost toast - it seemed like it had been reheated multiple times. Bob
had one of the specials - crabcake sandwich with a cup of vegetable
crab soup for $12.95. The soup looked excellent - full of bright
colorful tomatoes. I had crab meat sauteed in butter with cole slaw
and green beans for $15.99 from the regular menu. It was very good.

When we walked back to the marina, we saw multiple adolescent cats.
Last time all the cats were grown cats- this time they were all little
ones.

About dusk another boat came in and went through between the piling
off our stern and us - their fishing pole scraped along our dinghy.
They were French, and came from Deltaville through the Sound side
entrance because they thought the Bay side had only 4 feet depth. Our
boat was too low in relation to the pier for me to get off, so I
couldn't help them tie up and Bob was already undressed. The
mosquitoes started to be bad, so I finally convinced Bob to put in the
screen in the companionway hatch and close the other hatches that
weren't screened.

We were having trouble pumping out the toilet on the boat. Bob thinks
there is something blocking the vent. But it is on the port side and
we are docked starboard side to.

Thursday Aug 30- Today we have a very short distance to go, but Bob is
impatient to be off. It was hard to get him to wait even until 8 am
yesterday. The bikes from the other boat are out on the pier and they
don't appear to be up yet..

We motored out of Tangier toward the Tangier Sound side. The French
boat said they touched here last night but I didn't find out what
their draft was. The mail boat came up behind us and passed, and then
the depth sounder started to go on and off. Bob said it was from mud
they stirred up. There was almost no wind, so Bob didn't even attempt
to pull out the sails.

We were in sight of the Jane's Island Light by about 8:50 and were
passing the spider outside of Crisfield (which has warning signs on
it) by 10:20.

It is no longer difficult to find the entrance to the
Crisfield harbor because there is a huge condominium right on the
north side of the entrance. As we came in, I could see that there
was a fair set up on the grounds between the museum and the marina
office with a Ferris wheel and others of those type rides.

I called the marina on the radio, and they said we'd be "half the
Delta T". Initially, I couldn't figure out what that meant, but it
was D dock on the T head. We got tied up and I went up and paid. Bob
bought ice and took it back to the boat. The trip from Tangier to
Crisfield was 12.4 nautical miles.

I expected that Bob would come back for me and we would go to lunch,
but he though I would come back to the boat before we went to lunch. I
was still having trouble walking and didn't want to walk any more than
necessary. Especially since the Fair had erected chain link fence
which meant we could only go out either the main gate or the
pedestrian gate all the way over at the other end of the marina by the
museum. We couldn't even get to the bathrooms except the ones by the
pool.

Eventually I did walk back to the boat, and we walked out the museum
entrance and went to the Waterman's Inn which was the closest to that
gate. I had a spinach, egg and bacon salad ($9.95), and Bob had a
bowl of cream of crab soup. After I hobbled back to the marina, I
went for a nice swim. I lay in the shade and the wind made it almost
cold while I dried off.

I tried to call Reedville Marina again and this time called the
referral number (the restaurant wasn't open until 5) and got an
answering machine. So while I had service I called Onancock and asked
if we could stay another day, and then called the other marina in
Reedville for Sunday night. They said their restaurant there closed
about 3.

We started to walk out to the Cove Restaurant (through the main gate)
about 5:15. We both had a non-alcoholic Ole Island Pina Colada
($3.99). Then I had a prime rib sandwich ($10.99) and Bob had a
crabcake sandwich ($9.99). He said it was the best crab cake he's
ever eaten. Both of us had fruit for the side and neither of us ate
the bread of the sandwich. I had a Kid's Ice Cream Sundae for dessert
($1.99) and Bob had Chocolate Beyond Reason ($5.99) which was three
layers of chocolate and caramel cake filled with chocolate mousse and
finished with chocolate butter icing. .We finished dinner about 6:15,
just after a LARGE party came in to eat. I expected them to make it
noisy, but they didn't.

I've decided that there is an Eastern Shore dialect which I can hear
fine, but I don't understand but about one word in five. Maybe I am
just getting deafer.

After dinner, I took the computer up to try to log in on the dial up
modem. After several attempt to find a local number (unsuccessful), I
finally used the 800#. It was very slow and I wanted to find
additional local numbers, but I couldn't even get to that page of the
website.

While I was there a policeman came in and asked if I had
called to complain about trespassers. I said no. He said that Susan,
the manager had called. I said that no I wasn't Susan, and that maybe
she was in the office. Later, I heard him outside talking to Susan,
and I guess that the complaint was something to do with the carnival
workers.

The reason for all the activity is that the 60th running of the hard
crab races was on Saturday, plus there were concerts and other
celebrations.

A couple came in and so I got off the phone and let them have it, and
then went back to the boat. I was gone long enough that Bob had a
chance to watch 'his' TV shows without me there to complain.

The forecast had been for thunderstorms on Thursday when the front
went through, and I thought if there were thunderstorms that Crisfield
would be a good place to be. But we didn't see any rain at all.

grandma Rosalie

S/V RosalieAnn, Leonardtown, MD
CSY 44 WO #156
http://home.mindspring.com/~gmbeasley/id1.html

Wayne.B wrote:

Good cruise report, thanks.

Do you know what the maximum draft is for getting in and out of
Tangier and Crisfield?

We plan on spending most of October in the Chesapeake as we head
south. Two years ago we spent some time in Baltimore Inner Harbor, St
Michaels and Solomons. This year we're looking for some new ideas.
Our draft is about 5 1/2 ft fully loaded.

Absolutely no problem. We draw 5 feet. Bob said coming in from the
Bay he didn't see any less than 10 feet. He refuses to go to Smith
Island though because he had a bad experience there in a DNR power
boat which had practically no draft.

You should know that Parks doesn't answer (or maybe even have) a
radio. You yell for someone or (if you are lucky) you can get him on
the phone - although I had absolutely no phone service there. It is
$25 for a boat under 30 feet and $30 for a boat over 30 feet. The
slips have 5 or 6 feet of water and it is mostly mud on the bottom,
but I'd never be able to get off the boat if I went into one of them.
Tangier is lovely. Has a LOT of current through the harbor and also
mosquitoes.

The next report will deal with Crisfield and Onancock, and then
Reedville.

"Rosalie B." wrote in message
...
I wasn't too thrilled to be out on the Bay in good weather
on a
holiday weekend with all the crazies, but I thought Bob
was getting
impatient to do something with the boat. Because except
for two days
with our grandson in July, we haven't been anywhere except
from the
haul slip to our slip this summer. Monday, I called Mr.
Parks of
Parks Marina in Tangier and asked him if we could tie up
to the dock
by the marina office on Wednesday night, and I called the
Onancock
marina for Friday night. Mr Parks said not to get there
before 2 pm
because there was usually a crab boat loading until then.

Tuesday, August 28th - We decided to move onto the boat
this
afternoon, and as usual, I was packing at the last minute
while Bob
was ready hours ahead. It was hot, and took two trips in
the cart.
Bob did not start the refrigeration - just took a cooler.
That means
that we don't have any cold water to drink.

After we got things stowed, we went to Schiebles for
dinner. Bob had
a crabcake sandwich with applesauce, and I had a crab
toast appetizer.
This was a kind of large matzo - pizza type crust with
crab meat on
the top, topped with cheese. Very good. The cashier left
before we
finished so we had to wait quite a while for someone to
take our
money. In addition to being closed on Monday, after Labor
Day they
are closing for Tuesday and maybe Wednesday too.

Then we came back to the boat and put the cushions in the
cockpit and
made the beds. I found that I could use the marina
wireless network
in the cockpit , but not in the cabin.

Wednesday, August 29th

Finally got underway about 8. It is almost dead calm in
the marina -
the water is smooth and unruffled except by passing wakes.
Bob tried
to put the sails up for a bit, but the wind was from the
east, and
that's where we were heading. I called Somers Cove Marina
in
Crisfield and they said we could come in for Thursday
night but would
absolutely have to leave on Friday by noon because they
were expecting
130 boats in that day.

As we passed Point Lookout, I noticed that there is some
kind of
building that has been built almost in front of it so you
can't really
see it from the river mouth, and almost not at all from
the bay.
There's also a big pier out from near there on the Bay
side which I
don't remember.

We ate some fried chicken in the cockpit about noon.
The Chesapeake
Breeze (the Reedville Tangier ferry) sped past us at 2:15.
We reached
the Green 1 for the Bay entrance to Tangier at 2:30. Bob
said he
didn't see any less than 10 feet all the way in.

Mr Parks came out and helped us to tie up. It costs
$30/night for a
boat over 30 feet plus $5 for electricity. The trip to
Tangier took
about 5.5 hours, puttering along at about 5 knots.



Mr. Parks is a cool guy.
When I was there 3 years ago it was $20, but, he first asked
me if I could afford that much.


--
Scott Vernon
Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_

On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:26:00 -0400, Rosalie B.
wrote:

You should know that Parks doesn't answer (or maybe even have) a
radio. You yell for someone or (if you are lucky) you can get him on
the phone - although I had absolutely no phone service there.

Perhaps you'd be willing to send me his phone number ?



Thanks in advance.