Day two, and what an early morning it was! Half the crew was roused at 4:30am to go crabbing with an East Shore waterman, Clay Larramore. A couple hours of trotlining, then the other half of the crew took over with Clay while the first half tore down camp.
Some true crabbers.
Today's catch.
Cameron contributed to the blog tonight. "Although the boat ride was early, I enjoyed it and I thought it was a good experience to learn about trot lining, he said.
Because of the crabbing, we got to a late start on Sigsbee and accordingly made a short hop back across the Chesapeake to tonight's campsite. During the trip, Port Watch was on deck duty—preparing the sails, steering the boat, coiling lines, and practicing knots—while Starboard Watch was on science duty. Cameron again, who was on science duty:
"We learned about estuaries, how many types there are, and what type the Chesapeake is. It's a partially mixed estuary, meaning it's brackish water which is some salt and some fresh water.
We also learned the neighboring states and what types of estuaries have."
Lunch aboard Sigsbee.
Upon arriving at our campsite, our swimming at the beach was cut short by a brief thunderstorm. All the same, we got a good kickball game in and made dinner, including our fresh-caught crabs.
As I type, he night is ending around a campfire with s'mores, classic camping games, and some good old conversation. I'll leave Cameron with the last word: "It was a good day! I liked swimming a lot."
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