Day Two

Yesterday we walked around Knapps Narrows. We saw the Skipjack Catherine being refitted. She was built in 1901. Two guys were repairing and painting. They were going to have an expert from the St Micheals Maritime Museum to caulk the bottom. ( Caulking is cotton the is forced between the boards at the bottom to seal it from the sea ) They were getting the boat ready to put it back into service for oystering. In the channel there were a few Buy boats in disrepair and many working crabbers and small fishing boats. After leaving Knapps we saw an other skipjack in full sail. There was no wind in the Choptank river. We kept the motor on low and crept into Oxford. We passed the Oxford ferry as it was making it to the other side of Tred Avon. We docked in Mears Marina. Thier pool was very welcoming as it was getting very humid and hot. Today across the Cheasapeake to the Solomons.