Waiting out the hurricane in Annapolis, new dinghy and reefing setup 

Good times. I've sailed twice out of Annapolis. Once on a Gulfstar 40 with a captain and some friends. We sailed all around the Bay for a week. The other time was on a J/24 with a friend and his father. I didn't know much at the time but learned later that his dad was a world class Lightning and J/24 sailor. His name was Don Delorme. Thanks for bringing back fond memories!

This sailing video has it all, tubing, flying, hiking, dining, parts shopping and engineering, and a hurricane just to round it out, Keep them coming, best armchair sailing videos on the tube.

I use navionics but really like predictwind (worth the paid)- able to adjust sail routes and tracks automatically based on weather conditions and also I use anchor pro for an alarm when on anchor- uses gps and sets a threshold that alarms if your anchor drags. especially in middle of night.

Those posts are unmarked fishing nets. During the Annapolis Newport race two years ago we went through one at like 14 knots and just punched through in the middle of the night. Super annoying if you get it snagged on your keel or something. They really should be lit but they aren't.

I use a sawed off golf club as a tiller extension. Cheap and durable.

Absolutely amazing how nice other sailors/boaters are ... thanks for the vid safe travels until the next one 😁

Glad you enjoyed Shipwright. That’s where I keep my boat. If you’re ever back there and need anything please reach out!!

Fantastic ingenuity, especially with your diy tiller. You teach some valuable lessons, just like in your LA to Hawaii video I just watched. You have lived an incredible journey

I like your choice for the dingy. I will take up less room on deck when at sea.

I really enjoy seeing you making upgrades to your boat and kind of MacGyvering things and also explaining what things do what.

Great adventure Sam and Zoey - keep on sailing and having fun! Thanks for sharing!

Not funny. I was on that bridge waiting.

We've been using the MarineWays ap with good luck. Have switched to Navtronics to give it a go.

1:40 - Did I hear Zoe call the pilot "Dad"?... Nice!....

"Haha suckers, you guys are gonna be late for work!"

I like Navionics but I've also used C-Map and it's very user friendly and has a good UI/UX design.

I use Navionics and i am very happy with it. I like how users can update obstructions etc if they find something. I am thinking of trying OpenCPN on the laptop.

Annapolis is fantastic! I enjoy watching your videos with quick, do-it yourself, no frills projects. Very helpful and informative. Thanks!

Great idea for the tiller extension.

Sam, if ever near Wildwood Crest, NJ (see Cape May) please let me know. Shower, meal/beers, 2mi Landing Marina. I have contacts there and can coordinate slip! Dave 😊 The catharsis I get from your channel is priceless, bud.

Gotta love your little Red Achilles, it will do you well... I have one with a wood transom, it's tough as nails!

Thanks for the video caption.

You have an engineer's mind. Enjoy your videos.

I really like Aqua Maps. Esp. like the up to date Army Core of Engineers depth surveys

You don’t need a military ID. You do need a Real ID or a passport, or birth certificate to get on to the Academy grounds. Some places are off limits, but the chapel and dining hall are usually open.

Cool that you put the lightening behind you and visited the sites we see: We keep our boat at Deale, live near Harpers Ferry, hiked the AT, fished the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers, visited Naval Academy (and watched Navy play football), visit Annapolis especially boat shows, know the pilings well and Bacon Sails and Marine is the best. Next time let me know - there's more.

I love Annapolis not just because I live there but I love sailing

Cool update!

And Bacon Sails rocks!

Looks like Zoe knows how to make a good cream pie.

Achilles make great boats used them in Colorado white water rafting. Get a patch kit and a spray skirt and she should last a long time!

Probably good to put a grip on the end of your tiller extension too. Slippery suckers at the wrong moments otherwise :)

Cool little dingy.

That dinghy is rad

You might think about naming your new dingy Little Al or Al or Allen, after the guy that gave it to you. You always seem so cool, calm, and collected, laid back, chill kind of guy. I always enjoy your videos and really appreciate you being a down to earth type of person. No major overrated drama on your videos and that’s a great thing. Take care and stay safe. Treat Zoe real kind or never ride in that plane again. LOL 😂 Just kidding with ya’ll. LOL 😂

Great job Sam. You've come a long ways.

Hey Sam!

So cool. I have my boat a Shipwright and you caught it in this video. Whish I knew you were there. Nice vids and best of luck Sam.

If u ever go back to bears den go to the other side of that mountain and go to bear chase brewery. Beautiful views of land from high above the mountain and sometimes your able to see D.C.

I use to guide white water trips down that run for river and trail outfitters. Harper's ferry is a cool little area. I want to get back down there and fly my drone around down there.

Awesome video. Brought back many memories specially brought a huge smile when you visited Ruth Chicks in Annapolis! Our favorite breakfast place. Keep the videos coming.

More holes!

After days on a boat, first stop ashore....tubing. Dig it.

I just boat a sailboat, realizing everything added boat or marine grade in their name cost four times more expensive. I love your diy projects.

I almost smashed into those poles while transiting the bay at night as well. Came out of nowhere like a forest in the water. So crazy!

Good score on the dinghy

Welcome to Maine Sam & Zoe! Notice you have a jacket on now - you made it just in time for the last gasp of summer. Nights getting chilly now. Stay safe and enjoy the area. Labor-Day weekend looks like perfect weather for exploring.

Brah, the C and D can be tepid, hot sticky and full of mosquitoes in the evening and night, good luck, really enjoyed following your trip, i sail out of Kent narrows so you were right in my neighborhood, cheers

It would be real cool if you sailed up north into the Narragansett bay towards Newport and Bristol in Rhode Island.

Nice haul at the consignment shop! Sage travels.

glad to see your vids again . Hope you best of luck -land dweller

First draw bridge? Are you new to sailing?? You seem so experienced and knowledgeable 👏👏

It's a shame you blew right through the Chesapeake. There are so many cool places to explore here and go aground! :) If we had known you were coming, when you did, we had an open "paid for" slip in our marina. Oh well you guys got a plan and not a lot of time before you have to head back.

Got some nice second hand sails from bacon. Now that I've seen your video I want to go down there and check it out.

G'day Sam. I live in Australia in queensland, Hervey bay. Hervey bay is the whale watching center in queensland. worth a visit. I use navionics all the time on my tablet and i merge the app with another app called boatbeacon. boatbeacon is like ais, it use google maps and can merge into navionics and runs in the background. Gerard.

Great video

Awesome as always and i would be a kid in a candy store in that place lol

I use OpenCPN with RNC charts on a Samsung tablet. I personally don’t like ENC charts.

Seconded on the fishing weir thing. Not lit, but they are charted. Family has a boat at Herrington Harbor North, so we're well familiar with them.

I would say hello, but we Mids are locked away inside USNA. Fair winds!

"Haha suckers, you're gonna be late....." hahaha!

I"m sitting on the beach in seaside park NJ waiting for you to pass by !

We love navionics

Plumbing PVC will get brittle in the sun very quick. Furniture grade is tougher and last longer.

I'm sure you know by now that sailing on the Chesapeake at night without local knowledge is not a good idea.

Navionics is by far the best app for navigation

I wish I knew you were in Annapolis when you were. I live in Fairfax VA which isn't far from there. There's a really good steakhouse on the other side of that bridge I would've treated you and Zoe to dinner (without me LOL) as thanks for all your hard work putting out these videos. I hiked Harper's Ferry last weekend and did a portion of the AT going thru VA, W. Va, and MD, beautiful isn't it?

Navionics is my favorite too. To me it’s better than aquamaps

oh wow you were close to where i’m from

loved the video as always🤙🏼

Posts not marked in a chart? Unheard of, sounds like a vector chart zoom problem.

Make your way over to the Wooden boat School in Brooklin ME

Nice video

Who were you flying with? Zoe’s dad? Do you ever get tire of living such a great life? Really like what you’re doing Sam.

We went in to Nappy land from a little south of there, many decades ago. 19' daysailer in by city dock, dwarf dinghies like, but other times bare boat charters (rent) for holidays cruising getting away. Middies could have drilled y'all on Hawaii and other boating, had prepped for it, invited by naval sailing club, for instance... Might have bicycled from Arlington to say hi but gone already. Fast Food Lobster, some of what I remember from Maine. Like crabs are around here (no biggie white table cloth stuff)...

5 stars!!!

Great video Sam. Tell Zoe she looks like Hayley Williams from Paramore, and I think you look like Carl Edwards from Nascar.

Did you put any anti-corrosion gel (e.g. duralac) in the screw holes to stop electrolysis in your boom? (I could see that the old fitting had not been treated properly).

Sam, sorry you missed on the Naval Academy, covid19 has the public tours and gift shop shut down for now.

Like the video and it get's recommended to more people

I wish i would have found your videos a month ago - we live on a cove right off Spa creek. Would have loved to show you some of the downtown haunts. I'm glad you like the town and I love how your videos tell a story and demonstrate some maintenance.

Shannondoah river!? Like from the John Denver song!?

Hello from Edgecomb, next town inland from Boothbay. Looking forward to seeing videos of you in the area. Hope you sail by the Pemaquid Lighthouse and get it on video:)

I think you may have mounted that clutch block feeding the wrong direction into the winch?

Have just watched this video Sam (24/10/20) and in keeping with the other vids I've watched of yours, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Especially the bridge opening. My wife and I left Bristol UK in 2003 to sail to Greece and in leaving we too, needed a bridge swing. The sense of power you get of holding up the City's traffic system is immense, and when we heard that burst of laughter as you passed through the bridge, cracked us up !!!! Barnacle Bern SY Cadbri.

What is the name of the marine store where you got the cheek blocks? I need to replace one on my boat and those are the exact ones. I hope they have more. Thanks for your videos and tour clever ideas.

Around the world in sixty seconds. this vid was fast. A trip to Ireland my be a better shot.

Sam is the tri reefing clutch you installed on your boom facing the wrong way by 180 degrees?

How do you like that high quality Harbor Freight tap and die set?

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If you ever make your way to new york and need help with any projects or just want to help a new sailor get some experience maintaining a boat please let me know!

Sam, I know you were probably waiting for my approval to keep Zoe in your videos. The answer is Yes YEs YES!! Zoe is rockin’!!

ISailor used to be very good for Apple.

sam was that bacon sails i think there based there ive got my eye on a couple of used sails from them for my Aquarius A-23

Not afraid to DRILL!

You never bump your head into the fan?

Hello from Camden, not too far from you. Delos is on Vinalhaven.

You can use “community edits” on Navionics map to add unmarked hazards like those unlit and unmarked posts in the waterway. EDIT: it looks like those were temporary fishing posts, so not something you would add to the map.

Know that harbor well. Great video. Need to be very careful about hitting the fish traps (the posts that are coming up out of the water) and crab traps especially leaving Herring Bay.

Hi Sam. I think your triple levr cleat may be on back to front. Cheers