Cruising Estrella del Sur: Chesapeake City to Sassafras River

Greetings and Salutations!

Greeting and salutations!

Welcome aboard our blog about the adventures...and misadventures of Julie and Brad on the sailing vessel Estrella del Sur. We hope to keep you posted, when time, interest and internet connections coincide, on the trials and tribulations of moving from a stable, comfortable 3200 square foot home to life afloat on a roughly 650 square foot, often unstable catamaran.

We have our SPOT device up and running. If you would like to see our whereabouts click on the link below. Tracking only lasts for seven days and as long as we remember to turn it on...lol.

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0TRlhxyrPpuZ8USeo5W0GxI3B9ISeHRih

Thursday, October 13, 2016

Chesapeake City to Sassafras River

October 11, 2016

Bay Bridge

Departed Chesapeake city at 11:23 am and headed for Sassafras River. After about an hour into our trip we noticed a “lo bat” signal even though the alternators were now charging the system at 14.4v (thanks to Brad). This indicates that the batteries are now below 50 percent capacity. Fortunately, our house bank is (was) 1050 amp hours so even at less than half capacity our voltage remains virtually constant while anchored over night. Sassafras is a beautiful river, very calm with beautiful homes lining it’s shores. We went past our anchorage site to find a marina for diesel and pump-out. Unfortunately during docking I managed to lose a few layers of skin off my knuckles (now Brad will have to be the dishwasher for a few days). We didn’t mind the extra travel as it was a very beautiful day and were enjoying being off the dock. At 3:00 pm we dropped anchor along side Reflection 2 for a very peaceful night after our ‘sundowners” and a wonderful dinner of salmon steaks, basmati rice and green beans, followed by a slice of apple pie. But for our damaged batteries a great day! Nice to know the alternators/voltage regulators are now working properly.