October 10, 2011 Annapolis Boat Show

The Annapolis Boat Show is billed as the "United States Boat Show!"  While I've never been to a boat show this is truly impressive!  Before leaving Coeymans I purchased, at a very reasonable cost, a set of headphones so Bonnie and I could communicate in a civil manner during anchoring maneuvers!  It' not just us that have difficulty hearing each others concerns while 40 feet away with our backs turned, it's everyone else trying to anchor as well.  The point of the story is that one headphone did not work properly the first time we anchored so I took them back to the booth at the Boat Show of the company that sold them to me and they apologized and swapped them out for brand new ones.  That's service!  I can recount other stories similar to this one from others we talked to.

I visited the Boat US booth and asked for an insurance quote so that Fiu could go to the Bahamas this winter.  My current policy restricts us to 100nm offshore.  That means we would only be able to see parts of the first few islands.  The quote is comparable to my current premium but I can sail anywhere from Maine to Brownsville, Texas. That includes the Bahamas down to the Turks and Caicos.
There were booths selling just about everything nautical as well as food.  Some of the luxury sailboats are outrageous not only in cost but in design too.

In order to get from Fiu to the boat show this is what we encountered.  The dinghy docks on Back Creek where we anchored the past two nights are not in good shape and require someone to pay some attention to them.  However, while it may sound like whining I enjoy the challenges of traveling by boat and in this case by dinghy.

We intend to sail down the Chesapeake Bay to Solomons Island.  We are told there is lots to do there.  It's getting late and I must close.


Capt Sid