July 2026

Monday July 6th

Down to HdG after provisioning at Giant and getting a taco from Red Sombrero. Got to baji-naji to find a mayfly hatching! Keeping them all outside while loading in was a challenge.

The bug screen for the companionway helped. Turned on air-conditioning in the cabins and stowed our provisions and clothes. With all the live mayflies, we decided to postpone hosing off the boat until tomorrow. Opted for a nap instead. Woke up just before 1900 and ran over to Wise to pick up pasta sauce, whole wheat tortillas to use as wraps and Parmesan Romano cheese.

We then drove over to MacGregor's Tavern to get some dinner and watch the USA v Belgium round of 16 game.

Had some delicious apps, rockfish bites, crab balls and brussel sprouts. Laz also had rockfish tacos. We topped it off with a chocolate lava cake and vanilla ice cream. Suffice to say we were happier than the USMNT. They didn't play well the first half except for Tillman's excellent free kick that went in goal. They played better in the second half, keeping only a one goal difference, but then an error on Matt Freese 's part lead to a 3rd Belgium goal. Lukaku added the 4th, just for emphasis. Pretty sure Belgium was mad about Balogan’s red card being suspended for this match. We left after the match. We had a great bartender who made sure to let us know he works every Monday.

Read for a short while then sleep. To Worton tomorrow.

Tuesday July 7th

Up at 0830. Hosed deck off of so many dead mayflies! Apparently of the 3 hatchings this year, this one had the most hatched. A lot of clean up made for happy fish. Birds were also having a good time eating them. I read that mayflies are very sensitive to pollution, so if they are hatching, the water is clean. Always good. The hose clamp broke in a spectacular way when Laz was washing the deck. Will have to bring it back to Ace. I had even sprung for the expensive one as it was a Christmas present for Laz.

Off the dock and into channel by 10:45 am. Wind NE. Main sail up but motored to the yellow. Wind 4-6 kts, put up the code-0. Lovely sailing.

I was picking mayflies off the deck and the lines. Despite hosing off, there were still plenty. One that I was picking off was live; they are quite beautiful up close.

Summer sailing school is in session! We saw the Havre de Grace sailing school when we left the harbor and this is one off Betterton. The wind dipped below 5 kts, so we furled the code-0 and motor sailed past Still Pond. The wind picked up, so back out with the code-0. Gentle gybe tacking. Captain Hank went by with a full gravel barge, and we saw another empty barge headed up the Bay. There were a few sailboats out, but most were not sailing, or only had their mainsail up and were motoring.

Got to Worton and dropped anchor at 1620. The sun came out, which is nice.

The view from the anchorage is beautiful as always. As we were setting the anchor I saw a great blue heron sail by. Had some snacks while listening to the Switzerland Colombia round of 16 game.