Last Sunday was very “sporty”, for sure. We headed from Middle River to Selby Bay that day, and saw most of the conditions you all mentioned… but we didn’t broach . We returned yesterday in motor sailing in 0-4 knots of wind, uneventful except for hitting a 6 point buck (as in deer) about a mile above the Bay Bridge. Yes, in the boat. In the middle of the channel. They don’t look like a crab pot, or at the very least, maybe a black crab pot covered in algae. He had about 1.5 miles to go to the shore below the Magothy. I wanted to call a Pan-Pan, but the Captain said “and say what?He’s a moving target.” Apparently they can swim up to 10 miles . So onwards went the buck, as well as us.
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