Long run up to Havre de Grace, MD -- July 2

We had to make 75 miles today to get to Havre de Grace, where Zach and his family will meet join us. We had excellent weather for this run, with light and variable winds and calm seas. As a result, there was more boat traffic than we've yet seen on the Bay, although not heavy.

We stopped at a marina at Knapps Narrows to fill up with diesel at a decent price ($3.46/gal). The fuel attendant knew all about the exorbitant pricing at Safe Harbor in Oxford and said he doesn't get it, because they both use the same distributor and neither can bring in a semitrailer. He didn't have a response when I pointed out that the Oxford marina probably made more money selling me 21 gallons than he did selling me 117 gallons.

After fueling we ran up the Eastern Bay to have lunch at Kent Narrows. This is a place with lots of restaurants with docks. It will probably be a mad house this weekend. 

We didn't see much commercial traffic. Just a couple of barges and this handsome car carrier, the Global Leader, of the NYK Line. NYK is a Japanese company (founded in 1885) with the world's largest fleet of car carriers. The Global Leader was built in 2002 and can carry about 5,000 cars. It was running from NYC to Baltimore. The way the stern is squared off she must back in to the dock so the cars can just drive on and off. 


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We had a quiet dinner aboard as the restaurants within walking distance were all closed. We sat up on top afterwards to watch a far distant fireworks display

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