Last day -- drop off at Havre de Grace and then final stop at Arnold, MD -- July 7

Today was our last day cruising with ZJ&A and our last day on this summer's cruise. We left the Sassafras Harbor Marina at ten for the 22-mile run to Havre de Grace, where we dropped off ZJ&A for them to make the drive back to Manhattan. We then had a 50-mile run to the Atlantic Marina at Ferry Point in Arnold, MD (between Annapolis and Baltimore). This marina was recommended by Capt. Dan, the guy who has trailered Craunological II for us for our last two cruises. He met us the next morning at nine and supervised the boat being loaded onto his trailer while we took an Uber to the BWI Thurgood Marshall airport to catch a noon flight back to Naples. And so ended our third big trip with Craunological II. 


Our dock at the marina was very narrow and hard to get in and out of. Fortunately, there was no current and little wind. And there was an excellent restaurant next to the marina, where we both had our last helpings of fresh Chesapeake Bay crab. Yummo in the tummo, as the First Mate likes to say.


To get to the marina we crossed the channels entering Baltimore harbor and got to see this interesting lighthouse -- the Craighill Channel Lower Range Front Light (what a lovely name). It was the first caisson lighthouse built in the Chesapeake Bay (back in 1873) and only the second caisson lighthouse built in the US. It is still in use (although no longer manned) and is owned by the same guy who owns the Hooper Island Light, which we passed on June 30. This lighthouse has a Wikipedia page, but its story is told in more detail at lighthousefriends.com.


According to the ship's log, we ran 1,665 miles on this trip; cruised for 27 days -- 14 days to get to Wilmington, NC and then 13 days to get to and cruise on the Chesapeake; and purchased 1,262 gallons of diesel fuel. We had a wonderful time and look forward to another cruise next year. 

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