Monday, September 20, 2010 - St Michaels, MD

The wind was out of the north at 15-20 knots when we awoke this morning and it was feeling a bit chilly! Not to worry, though; the sun was shining and the wind was in our favor for a change! We pulled up anchor at 9:15 am and had a wonderful 5-mile sail to St. Michaels – the destination for the day. We only wished we had more miles to go since it wasn’t often that we had such perfect wind, tide and wave conditions.

 
 
 
 
  
 
 
St. Michaels is a lovely little village and a very popular yachting center. The town was officially chartered in 1804 but early accounts of trading there date back to 1631. It used to be an important shipbuilding center especially noted for its “Baltimore Clippers,” the fastest sailing vessels of their time. After lunch, we dinghied to the public dock and took a walk around town. We stopped in a few shops, did a tasting at St. Michaels Winery and then decided to check out Eastern Shore Brewing where we were given a tour and tasted their five ales. We loved the St Michaels wine as well as all of the beers.

Before going back to the boat for the night, we needed some dinner. We dinghied over to the Crab and Steak House where we shared a bowl of cream of clam soup, a shrimp melt on English muffin and sweet potato fries. All was delicious!