Day 10 - Saturday, October 5th, 2013 - Worton's Creek to Annapolis

We left Worton's Creek Marina at 9:00AM and arrived in beautiful Annapolis at 12:30 PM.
You have to understand Annapolis to realize why it is known as the "Sailing Capital of the World." We are docked at the Port of Annapolis Marina, another huge marina with over 500+ boats.
Out of the 500 boats here I bet more than 400 are sail boats and out of those 400, more than half are full time "live aboards". We had never seen so many sticks in one place before.

The Port of Annapolis Marina is a privately owned business and the owner lives and works this business like he cares about boaters. He is around 24/7/365. and it is the second place winner in our quest for the perfect marina. It has every marine related facility and business located here, plus every amenity known to boaters, including clean and cared for showers and bathrooms, club house, fitness center,  bikes, pump outs and wireless internet all, of course at no charge, plus they have free shuttle van service, free pool, free laundry, free putting green ,a water taxi stop, picnic area, playground, and a great restaurant known as the Dockside Grille. Their "goodie packet" alone reduces cost to about $2.00 per foot.

There rates are $2.75 a foot ($83.85 per diem) for transients, a week or longer will cost you $11.00 a foot ($418.00), a month or longer is $25.00 a foot ($960.00) and 12 months or more is a flat rate of $6,325.00.....double of what I pay now, but down here you are in the water 12 months of the year, as very few boaters pull their boats out of the water for the months of January and February.
Right now, I pay over $3,000 a year for this boat, and I am seriously considering making a permanent move. I love the weather and atmosphere of southern boating.

If it has to do with boating they do it here. They have a fully stocked ship's store and they also do fiberglass repairs, bottom refinishing, engine sales and repairs, rigging, electrical repairs, fabrication custom carpentry and woodworking.

The reason it is still not number one is the size, it is just too big (18 acres) and location....it is too close to downtown Annapolis and it is located on the Back Creek of the Serven River, which is just a busy boating harbor. All you see is boat after boat after boat. This marina is noting like an average marina up north.

The weather for the past 10 days has been great too......sunny and warm, with the temps in the high 70's and mid 80's every day. But as we all know, good things will soon come to an end. Everyone here is concerned about the Tropical Storm Karen that is coming up the coast.
 If the weather is good, we are going to be traveling to Solomon's Island, MD,  if not, we stay here, and fly out of Baltimore home so I can do a funeral before resuming our trip.