Month: June 2022

Chesapeake Chase Day 4: Offshore Waves

Chesapeake Chase Day 4: Offshore Waves

An early start leads to a long, rough day offshore. With windblown spray, sea-sick crew and high temps, the bow thruster failure was still the big surprise.

Chesapeake Chase Day 3: Winyah Bay

Chesapeake Chase Day 3: Winyah Bay

An easy day’s travel to Winyah Bay, including a touch and smell learning experience with the microwave. We plan an early morning start for an offshore segment.

Chesapeake Chase Day 2: Ride the tide

Chesapeake Chase Day 2: Ride the tide

We ride the tide with an early morning start from Toogoodoo Creek to the South Santee River. But ebb tide means look out for skinny water, and we found it.

Chesapeake Chase Day 1: Toogoodoo Creek

Chesapeake Chase Day 1: Toogoodoo Creek

After final preparations are completed, we depart for our first day of the Chesapeake Chase. Full fuel, water and refrigerator, and full complement of crew.

Chesapeake Chase: The 3 P’s

Chesapeake Chase: The 3 P’s

Planning, Preparing and Provisioning for the 2022 Chesapeake Chase–the 3 P’s. The stuff we had to have, the stuff we sort of needed, and some more stuff.