From Mill Creek on the Great Wicomico River to Jackson Creek on the Piankatank River. The trip was 27 miles long. It took 6hrs. even, and the average speed was 4.5 knts. This was a great trip because I was able to sail the whole way. The breeze was out of the north with some pretty good swells. The boat really needs some type of centerboard or keel attached to what's already there, which is a big hunk of cast-iron about two feet deep giving me a total of three feet of draft. It will be great for the Bahamas but it's a little squirrelly when's there's a lump on the quarter-- not enough lateral resistance. But that being said I turned the corner at Stingray Point and the breeze had to of been steady 18-20 on the nose and the boat did fine. I went to the southern fork on the creek and dropped the hook. I wish everyone from the northeast could get chance to sail the Chesapeake there are some very special places and Jackson creek is one them.
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