6/15/25 - Annapolis to St Michaels

 Happy Father’s Day!!!! 

Erik’s Fathers Day gift

Typical morning aboard Happy Destiny, shoving off a little after 8 to head to the gas dock to fill up.  The wind was pretty strong, and that engine likes to stall at the worst docking times, so it took Erik a couple tries to get to the dock.  Filled the tanks….🤑, then headed into the bay for our 38 mile cruise across the Chesapeake Bay about 9am.  The water was choppy but not too bad.  Our 3 hour tour 😂 landed us in a secluded anchorage behind St. Michaels a little after noon.   Set the anchor, dropped the dinghy and headed to the free town dinghy dock.  It was a little bit of a longer dinghy ride than expected, but got to shore and made the walk to town.  

Love the old beautiful churches in these small towns

Brunch music at one of the many dining option in St Michaels

Lots of restaurants and shops, but we were on a mission to get to the Antique Boat Show and Festival at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.  We weren’t sure if they would let Riva in, we not only managed to get her in, but our admission covers tomorrow too! Winner, winner! There were SOOOOO many antique boats! Lots of beautifully restored wooden boats, Chris Crafts, Lehman’s, and many others we’d not heard of. We came across a sign….

One of the MANY classic boats was a 1966 Marinette Family Cruiser
The owner was giving rides to families
He stated the boat is really his wife’s passion and that she recently bought another to restore out of a field in Kentucky
He REALLY does NOT want another project at 70 yrs old and is going to talk her into selling it to Erik!
Renee says we need another boat 😝 

Uh Oh 😳 Erik wants one!  Moby Dick is a 1966 Marinette Family Cruiser.  “Perfect for our river” he says, “ perfect for the grandkids” he says 🤦🏻‍♀️

A sampling of the many antique boats at the show

Back at the boat we used a Thai chicken marinade that we had purchased from one of the small local vendors in a tent at the boat show to make some chicken that was delicious! 😋.  Erik took Riva to shore in what looked like an abandoned yard in order to not have to go all the way back to the town dock which would have been about a 1 mile dinghy ride round trip.  Then another early to bed after a very peaceful evening at anchor sitting and relaxing ⚓️. 

Renee’s new waterman boots
One size fits all!