CRABBING ON THE CHESAPEAKE
Chesapeake Bay, Thursday, 05 June 2008
It is crabbing season in this huge shallow bay; hundreds if not thousands of crabpots, each with a small colourful buoy, have been baited and set. Maryland’s famous soft-shell crabs. All around us as we move are the typical Chesapeake crabbing boats at their business.
Steering through the fields of buoys requires attention. Even so, with our drop keel and eight feet of draught, we manage to pick up fourteen (14!!) crabpots that we are unable to shake. Our speed is reduced to about 1½ knots. It takes an hour to free ourselves after we drop anchor.
Chesapeake Bay, Thursday, 05 June 2008
It is crabbing season in this huge shallow bay; hundreds if not thousands of crabpots, each with a small colourful buoy, have been baited and set. Maryland’s famous soft-shell crabs. All around us as we move are the typical Chesapeake crabbing boats at their business.
Steering through the fields of buoys requires attention. Even so, with our drop keel and eight feet of draught, we manage to pick up fourteen (14!!) crabpots that we are unable to shake. Our speed is reduced to about 1½ knots. It takes an hour to free ourselves after we drop anchor.
posted by rjb @ Monday, June 16, 2008
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