Oh, I need a reality check!  This is the 12th of August and yet the weather on The Bay is like the 12th of October!  The skies were crystal clear and the wind was 8-10 kts and the temps were in the upper 70s range! 

My wife, same one who was not feeling well last weekend and went sailing today for one of those once in a lifetime afternoons.  We sailed out of West River about 1:30 and tacked out under main and #1. 

We were thinking we had too much sail up, but once we rounded the point from the Galesville red #4 the wind was great! 

Later we tacked into the Rhodes River and sailed all the way past Camp Letts.  We haven't been there in a couple years and were surprised to see that High Island (there are three listed, High, Little and Big) was gone!  Just a danger maker and some brush sticking above water are all that remains.  We sailed around and then tacked out, opening into a reach out of the river.  As we turnd west we were running wing & wing for 20 minutes back to the red #4 where we turned and broad reached into Galesville and our slip just 5 hours after leaving. 

After packing up the boat we went to Pirates Cove restruant for Maryland Crab Cakes dinner!  You haven't lived till you have eaten crab Cakes!  Some of the best on The Bay.  After a wonderful dinner, we drove the 55 miles home in the setting sun. Truley a wonderful day!