Reviews from Thomas Fox (4)
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Anchorage Review for Little Choptank River - Phillips Creek
Reviewed by: Thomas Fox, Pinch Me, on Jun 29, 2023
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 40'
Draft: 5.2'Overall Rating:4Holding:5Wind Protection:3Current Flow:4Wake Protection:3Scenic Beauty:5Ease of Shopping:1Shore Access:1Pet Friendly:1Cell Service:4WiFi:1Make sure you honor channel markers with a bit of a margin - there's shoaling around some of them. Pretty easy to get to the anchorage, and saw no other sailboats over the weekend. You can anchor a good distance from shore to avoid bugs and get breezes. Holding in mud was very good. Strong Verizon signal. Very remote - some houses on shore, but most seem to be summer homes. A few locals on speedboats, but almost no one else. Wind protection from most directions pretty minimal given the size of the anchorage, but lots of room to swing or drag and not be in immediate danger if you're on top of it. Very quiet and pretty. Wasn't clear there was anywhere to walk a pet.
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Anchorage Review for Back Creek - Solomons
Reviewed by: Thomas Fox, Intrepid, on Oct 15, 2020
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 36'
Draft: 5.0'Overall Rating:4Holding:4Wind Protection:5Current Flow:5Wake Protection:5Scenic Beauty:4Ease of Shopping:3Shore Access:1Pet Friendly:1Cell Service:5I anchored at the very end of navigable water in Back Creek in 8 feet. There's only room for one boat there, but it is VERY protected. Private property all around so no shore access, but very quiet. Anchor didn't reset after 180 degree wind shift so had to reset before going to bed in the dark. Set was just OK - could power it slowly backward, but the wind protection is so good it was enough. Soft, stinky, thick, sticky mud bottom. You better have a washdown hose and use it continuously. I stayed there for two nights waiting out unexpected bad weather on the bay. Barely even noticed in this hiding spot. Plenty of marinas and services a short motor away if you want it.
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Anchorage Review for Hoopersville
Reviewed by: Thomas Fox, Intrepid, on Oct 15, 2020
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 36'
Draft: 5.0'Overall Rating:3Holding:4Wind Protection:1Current Flow:3Wake Protection:3Scenic Beauty:3Ease of Shopping:1Shore Access:4Cell Service:1WiFi:1Protection only from bay fetch and chip, no wind protection. Anchor set well first time in mud and held in 15+kts of wind. No other boats in the area except an occasional fishing boat. Very remote and no access to shore or harbor without dinghy for sailboat. Fair weather anchorage only. No services. Very quiet!
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Anchorage Review for Little Choptank River - Hudson Creek
Reviewed by: Thomas Fox, Intrepid, on Sep 7, 2020
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 36'
Draft: 5.0'Overall Rating:4Holding:4Wind Protection:3Current Flow:4Wake Protection:3Scenic Beauty:5Ease of Shopping:1Shore Access:1Pet Friendly:1Cell Service:4WiFi:3Pretty anchorage - very quiet. There's really two spots - the first is the most popular and marked on the map, but the second has plenty of depth for most boats, and when I was there had no boats - just a short distance from the marked anchorage. Wakes from powerboats are present, but not a lot. Did have to set anchor a second time - first didn't take at all. Second set just fine in mud.
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