When we got down to the Governor Nice bridge (the 301 bridge) the wind was really picking up.
After we got to the other side of the bridge, someone came up on the radio for the southbound sailboat at the 301 bridge, so I answered. He was very polite. He kept calling me "ma'am"
It turned out to be the Dahlgren range boat,
and they asked us go over to the red 30 and red 32 and then to head for Swan's Point before we crossed to Colonial Beach.
Anyway, we saw R30 and 32 on the chart - now to find them in person.
On the chart they marked a very shallow 3 foot shoal. I didn't want to cross there. But Bob said we should cross to the left of them. The wind was also REALLY picking up to 26 knots or better and the boat was heeling. That made Bob happy, but me not so much.
We eventually went by the R30 on the 'wrong' side of it - i.e. going down the river it should have been on our port side, and wen passed on the starboard.
Then we headed for Swan Point. Bob had me steer into the wind to take in the jib, but it was wrapped so tight that he didn't have the lines around it like usual. He took in the staysail.
Then he tried to depower the main by putting it way out to the side so it wouldn't heel the boat as much. Eventually he had to have me steer again so he could take the main in. In the excitement, I forgot which way to go, which didn't make him very happy.
I will spare you the tale of driving from the library back to the marina after dark in the rain in a backfiring golf cart with no headlights.
We stayed here until Saturday and then sailed home. I did manage to get a shot of the submarine marker off Piney Point after we had passed it.
and also the St. Francis Xavier Chapel on St. Georges Island
But no photos of lighthouses where I didn't already have much better pictures.