Coming back to the western shore, we found city moorings right next to the city docks, the boat show and the US Naval Academy. This is where the Brewster stayed for 4 nights (Windemere moved over to a slip on Back Creek) to wait for Diane and ride out Michael, now a tropic storm but still packing strong winds. The moorings are 500 lb. helix moorings which are screwed into the bottom and spec'd for 55’ boats. The winds were to come from the NW giving us protection from the city with no fetch. We didn't get much more than 35 knots and the only noticeable effect was the increase of wind driven tide by about a foot.
This was a good block of time to explore the city streets, stores, restaurants, a disappointing boat show and the US Naval Academy.
