We left Harrington Bay early and headed to the Inner Harbor East Marina in Baltimore, MD. This marina is an old haunt. We stayed at the marina in July 2012 when the Hampton Yacht Club power boat cruisers visited Baltimore. The wind was predicted to from the East at 5 knots moving to north east at 5-7 knots. Linda ran us at 10 knots most of the way. It wasn’t until we passed the Chesapeake Bridge north of Annapolis that the winds shifted and the wave height increased. She pressed on at 8-9 knots and didn’t get relief until we enter Baltimore harbor. Linda took us by the red, white, and blue buoy marking the spot the British warship HMS Tonnant was anchored on September 13-14 with Frances Scott Key on board. During his forced stay on board, he started pinning the poem he titled "Defence of Fort M’Henry," which we knnow as the Star Spangled Banner. We motored pass Ft. McHenry into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.
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Buoy marking location of
HMS Tonnant & Frances S. Key |
We got tide up with a very capable dock hand. After checking in at the marina office, Brian found the front head floor full of clear water and the aft head close to overflowing with not so clear water. Turns out the water pressure caused the front head’s fresh water solenoid & back flow preventer to fail. Brian shut off the water supply to the front head toilet and ordered the part from defender.com expecting the part to arrive Friday or Saturday. That was not the case. The part ended up be schedule for delivery Monday afternoon. Brian left a note with the marina to refuse the delivery and planned to work with defender.com to get the part to Delaware City Marina on Tuesday.
