Reedville, Virginia

We tried to leave Solomons Island, but our engine wasn’t going to cooperate.  We went back to the anchorage and Chuck worked on a few things.  We tried a second time and the engine seemed better until we were out about two hours, then it started to get worse.  Winds were calm, but we put up the sails so Chuck could work on the engine again.  This didn’t help much, but there was no place to go for protection except Reedville, VA which was 42 miles from Solomons Island.  Since we left so late and with the engine problems, our trip took almost 8 hours and we arrived at 7:30 pm.  We are glad that twilight lasts as long as it does as we arrived at the anchorage in the dark in 3-4 foot waves with 10-15 knot winds.  Thank goodness for electronic charts and the I-Pad.  

We stayed anchored another day in Reedville until Chuck resolved the engine problem – a bad fuel pump!  It was good that we stayed because the winds today are 10-15 knots with gusts up to 30 knots with 3 foot waves.  The anchorage here is beautiful and Yes, the leaves are turning colors!  We put our time to good use and worked on some Boat To Do’s.