8 Months Cruising Chesapeake Bay on a Sailboat (Ep.192) | ⛵ The Foster Journey

Part cruising guide and part sailing vlog, this episode takes you into the last 8 months of sailboat live cruising the Chesapeake Bay.
Cheers,
Matt
SV Cadence
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00:00 Overview Cruising the Chesapeake Bay
01:18 Starting in Norfolk VA, Anchorages
02:36 Sailing the James River
03:37 Deltaville VA and Urbanna
07:12 Annapolis, Anchorages, Sailboat Show
12:08 Busy Back Creek
16:10 Anchoring Options from Annapolis
16:50 Anchoring in Kent Island
21:23 Sailing Choptank River to Oxford
26:07 Dragging Anchor
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[@TheFosterJourney]

Thanks for watching this episode! We love the Chesapeake Bay and hopefully, this video does justice to the cruising grounds here. ...and sorry for that cliffhanger 😮 at 27minutes long, I figured we'll go into more details in another video.

[@murrayhuggins5769]

Such a beautiful and enjoyable episode. Well narrated and spectacular scenery. Delicious.

[@TheFosterJourney]

Many thanks! 💯 I appreciate your feedback 🙂

[@sailingtova]

Oh man! That’s never a good feeling! We are headed up there on our sailboat, also a Catalina, from Florida in about a month. Great to get so much information about the area and anchorages, thank you guys!

[@ThisLifeFitts]

Great video and gave us some cruising ideas. Really enjoyed catching up with you and Nancy over the last few weeks. - Shawn, Lisa, and Ainsley

[@TheFosterJourney]

Glad you enjoyed it! So cool meeting you and the fam!!

[@mimicf55]

Enjoyed the video! Pretty scenery, cooking, relaxing and seeing The Fosters having a wonderful time. We had a great time in Deltaville and hope to see you soon.

[@TheFosterJourney]

Thx...it was a perfect time!

[@RaulMartinez-ln8zq]

Great Video !!!! Oh boy! hope everything is okay.

[@weedknoll]

Great episode! Glad you got to Urbanna, even driving. I think I saw you go passed us a couple days ago. We're anchored out by the Tiki bar😂 big blue boat can't miss it.

[@TheFosterJourney]

Yes, I remember the blue boat!

[@jeromehebert3184]

Good sail, great scenes, spending time alone on top with you, the boat, and US what could be better huh ;-)

[@TheFosterJourney]

🙌 Yes!!

[@jameswootaugh5596]

I live on the mouth of the Rappahanock in Deltaville! I worked on the schooner Alliance in Yortkown, twas fun. Great video hope to see you out there one day! (we are brown house on mouth of sturgeon creek, easily visible)

[@TheFosterJourney]

Awesome! 💯

[@gregmiller1811]

wonderful video - thank you for sharing.

[@TheFosterJourney]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@rhirwin10]

Missed you guys! It's been quite awhile since your last vlog. Thank you for catching us all up....on "Where in the world are the Foster's?" Dragging anchor simply s#@cks. Why go through the stress of potential or real keel damage? ALWAYS set an ANCHOR WATCH app. There are multiple ones for your cell phones and I am guessing your Nav MFD probably has one also. I prefer my cell phone as it draws less juice from the house bank then the MFD even with the display turned off. Fair winds! Sailing Ruby Rose has an episode in which they went ashore for dinner and drinks in Thailand only to dinghy back to their brand new $1M dollar catamaran to find it missing. In a nutshelll, the tide rose, the wind shifted and they had insufficient scope so their boat dragged away into deep water. Luckily they found it several miles from where they anchored unharmed.

[@TheFosterJourney]

So true. Feeling a bit overconfident and mother nature humbled us. 🙌

[@jorgesailsoneday92]

Yes, it's been a while! Great episode

[@TaylanYalniz]

❤⛵️🧿⚓️

[@sartorst3376]

Ouch! 😢 Sorry . You have to love sailing to put up with all the things that go with it

[@TheFosterJourney]

I suppose so...it's 85% perfect out here. 😉

[@cardinhamkilligrew9712]

we are up the chester near chestertown. Lots of amazing anchorages. Nice and quiet. Hit us up. I own a winery

[@ezmn9663]

Quick Q, can you just run the main engine to charge the batteries, even at anchor, if the sun is not out to charge the batteries?

[@TheFosterJourney]

That's a last resort type option, but it's not a good option.

[@ezmn9663]

@@TheFosterJourney BTW, sorry about you keel, should have mentioned that first :) Why is it not a good option? Fuel usage or bad to just idle for motor health?

[@TheFosterJourney]

@@ezmn9663 noisy. It's just not ideal living conditions...fine for a weekend cruiser, but not full time/extended cruising.

[@TOMVUTHEPIMP]

If you haven't run aground, you have'nt been around.

[@TheFosterJourney]

Haha, ain't that the truth!